Chronically Acute
I hit the bag for five rounds
Thought I was sweating
Exhausted
Tryna get back in shape after long COVID and losing two babies
Is such a bitch
Tore my gloves off with my teeth
Wraps smelling like sweat and vinyl
I brushed the hair off the side of my face and realized
I was crying.
I can say it now
I have lived through so much
It has always taken more stimulation for me to feel anything
Because that’s how we typically are
Adopted overseas
And then because we seek war zones
To feel normal
We live harder
Faster
Die younger.
Chronically acute.
I just see all the things.
Hit the bag.
And while I feel nothing.
My soul still cries.