Tea Leaf

Claustrophobic
under my skin
I sat
reading shapes
and patterns

symbols rose
and I found myself
interpreting
reading
what the future
had in store
for me

messsages
deciphered

and it’s tight

meanings
folding in
quickly on me

and I drifted into
unspoken worlds

nameless spaces
I was forced
to learn by feel

community
outreach

from which
I returned
to my body

a little less
of what I was.