Dance to reclamation

My hips sway

Lips part

Chest expands

A rush from limb

To limb

Muscles contracting

Squeezing

Opening

My energy flows

Shifts with each movement

Sway

Expansion

Contraction

My movement is my resistance

The rope

That keeps me from punching

The shackles

That keep me from running

The blindfold

That keeps me from seeing

The choke hold

That keeps me from singing

When I let my body

Feel juicy

And swing

In a rhythmic

Wave

Over and over again

Those bounds melt

I will not be bounded

Shackled

Blinded

Or smothered

I dance to free myself

And to remind myself

That this body is mine