Understory 2020

My Body is Like Water

My body is like water,
It never stills.
I cry a river,
Yet this river never fills.

My bones are hard like the rocks on the water’s shores.
My mind is like liquid with no control.
My eyes float back and forth like they have their own mind.
My body is like water.
There is no control.

When I am sad there are waves that crash against my boat of feelings.
When I am happy there are rays of sun.
My body is like water. My mind is like a river.
My heart feels freezing cold.

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MIA JOY HORNING is a sophomore pursuing a Baccalaureate degree in the Arts. Mia was raised in Sterling, Alaska until she was 9 and lived everywhere else since. She guesses you could say her childhood was nomadic.
 

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