Bent and Breathing

She bends
Over the toilet bowl
Bent in anguish
Nauseated, sickened, the heaviness of
Something rotten inside of her
Release
She breathes
Pain has escaped
She breathes
Centered again

She bends, deeply at the waist
A belly full of laughter
About the absurdity of the absurd
Face is warmed
Cheeks hurt so good from smiling
Ha ha Haaas burst open
The one long hot Haaaa released
She breathes
Humor has escaped
She breathes
Centered again

She bends unnaturally natural on her bed
Without the love next to her, the physical
body of her best friend and lover
Her legs and arms contort
Her eyes wince
Her mouth turns her face into a tragedy
theater mask
She cries out in anguish
She breathes
A silent scream released
She breathes
Centered again

She bends over the sweet red rose
In the lapidarium
A butterfly kisses her nose
She turns to tell someone
To share in these moments of bliss
And presentness
There is no one
She smiles
She had become her own best friend
She breathes in joy
Loneliness released
She breathes
Centered again