Agility

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Here’s a new poem based on one of my March writing prompts.

I made my body
agile for you

Wasn’t that what you always wanted?

for me to shape shift
when you deemed it appropriate
be smaller
be quieter
be more impressed
(not impressive)
listen more
smile more
give you everything
you needed to feel
more

but now that you’re gone
don’t you know
I’ve bent my body
molded and expanded
in ways you never imagined

It never was
that I didn’t want to grow
just that I didn’t want to
in your direction