coiled.
always coiled
ready to strike
always striking?
at you, perhaps
but mostly at me
he has burrowed deep
this one.
embodiment of
insecurity
and all my myriad fears
looks like both insect and viper
appropriate
as I am bugged and bitten
where does he live?
why can’t I find him and
eradicate
eliminate
exterminate?
turns out
he’s here for a reason.
fight or flight
but I am no longer
Neanderthal
instinct need not rule my world
so we talk
my coiled creature and I
tell him
“I’ve got this”
even when it’s false bravado
no need to fight
no need to flee
just Be
and Be Enough
these sorts of “things”
oft require lip service
before the body follows
so the lips continue
to reason with the unreasonable
and I pray for the body
and synchronicity.
defying atrophy 
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