Sciences Participating with Arts & Culture in Education

Bodily Sensations

Illustrated by YUGUO XUE

.01

Brain waves and

enhanced senses.

His fingertips

redirected

the electrical fields

between my nerves,

sending chills

down my spine.

The veins of

our souls

intertwined,

bringing life

to a new body.

We were blind,

until we met.

.02

Body language,

chemical compounds.

Rainbows and

fireworks.

Cliché.

.03

My grandmother lost an arm to cancer

before losing her life to it.

As I stare at my hands,

the blood flowing inside my veins,

blood I inherited from her,

seems to talk to me

through visions of

sick limbs

and sweet grandmothers.

It tell me stories of

past generations

of severed bodies.

Of mines and bombs,

colonialism,

swords and lances.

I dreamt of her

few nights ago.

It was mostly a blur,

but her slow and steady walk,

warm features and

sweet words

come clear to me.

Some nights,

the image of a lone arm

buried somewhere

haunts me.

.04

I lost myself in illusions.

Labyrinths,

made of flesh.

My eyes don't see.

My hands don't feel.

Reality is a blur.

My body is a prison,

an empty river

I drown in.