Ifeelmyself - Strawberry

It is the difference between a sliced strawberry on a plate and the primal act of picking it up by the stem, juice dripping down your knuckles, and taking the first bite.

I let the juice dry on my fingers. I closed my eyes. For thirty seconds, there was nothing else in the universe except the texture of that fruit on my tongue, the acid at the back of my throat, and the quiet, radical act of . strawberry ifeelmyself

Today, I am reclaiming the strawberry.