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To be human

I’m falling

falling

falling.

And then I hit hard ground with a force that sends pain spazzaming through my newly mortal body

There is a burning burning sensation in my chest

Constricting

Squeezing

Tightening like snakes around my ribs

I open my mouth with a gasp of pain and my body heaves

Air

Air is flowing into me

I can feel lungs inflate inside my chest

I feel my new body relax

And there a thump

Thump

Thumping

In my ears

I run my hands over my body and everywhere there’s a pulsing beat

Ba-dom

I have a heart

I press both hands against my chest and I feel it

Ba-dom ba-dom

I can feel the blood running around my body

Oh it is so strange to be human

So fragile

So magnificent

So many parts

No longer an empty reflection

Ba-dom

My chest aches and I realise I need to open my mouth again

Breathe

It seems humans need to do that a lot

Strange

Marvellous

Human.