somethings crawling up my skin

 (2023)

I feel the need to move

All the time

I can’t sit still, I cannot not move my body.

Fidgeting with my rings, picking my skin, shaking my leg.

My brain is the same.

It can’t stop thinking, stop doing something, always wanting more.

It’s never quiet.

I need to move my body to stop my brain.

Its the only way

I dance

I fall to the ground

I get up

I dig my fingers into my skin until it hurts too much

I smile and jump and run as fast as I can

It’s never quiet.

That’s just how it is.

That’s how I am.