it travels from right to left

this diagonal feeling of mine

it sort of meanders from top to bottom

gnawing my heart as it goes

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it travels from start to end

this diagonal feeling of mine

but travels is not the right word

nor is feeling ... throbbing

yearning raging knife-wound

might be better

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but these are measly words

for a diagonal feeling, a

crossing emotion, a

heart-roping feeling

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it travels from left to right

this diagonal feeling of mine

see here – it’s someone’s

footprint under my ribs

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it’s a compressed feeling

squashed and crumpled and indented

a lave flow searing my heart, weary

beyond words from grief’s

heavy tread

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it travels from right to left

this diagonal feeling of mine