Unfolding

There's the kind of inward seeking

That is reflective navel gazing

Straining the bounds

Of getting up and over

You find yourself

Doing the rounds

Months later

Trying to uncurl

As you bring your eyes forward

Letting your body unfurl

Stretching muscles you'd

Long since retired

Do feminine wiles expire?

Coy can be learned

When one has incentive

After being burned enough times

Don't flatter my quirks

And feed me lies

That no longer works

In spreading my...

Sigh

Do I even have to say it?

Savor my levity

Don't waste my time

This girl's big on brevity

As there's continued uncurling

Soul tired, but still unfurling

And I, sorely needing to breathe

Get up and brave the air once more