• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Willawaw Journal

Online Poetry & Art

  • Home
  • Poet Laureate Prompts
    • Prompts for Spring 2021
    • Prompts for Winter 2020
    • Prompts for Fall 2020
    • Prompts for Spring 2020
    • Prompts for Winter 2019
    • Prompts for Fall 2019
    • Prompts for Spring 2019
    • Prompts for Winter 2018
    • Prompts for Fall 2018
    • Prompts for Spring 2018
    • Prompts for Winter 2017
    • Prompts for Summer 2017
  • Journal
    • Willawaw Journal Winter 2020 Issue 11
    • Willawaw Journal Fall 2020 Issue 10
    • Willawaw Journal Spring 2020 Issue 9
    • Willawaw Journal Winter 2019 Issue 8
    • Willawaw Journal Fall 2019 Issue 7
    • Willawaw Journal Spring 2019 Issue 6
    • Events
    • Willawaw Journal Winter 2018 Issue 5
    • Willawaw Journal Fall 2018 Issue 4
    • Willawaw Journal Spring 2018 Issue 3
    • Willawaw Journal Winter 2017 Issue 2
    • Willawaw Journal Summer 2017 Issue 1
  • Submissions
  • About
    • The Editor
    • Behind-the-Scenes Creatives and Advisors
  • Contact

Sarah Lilius

Hominidae or Homo Sapiens

This is the side of my face that he sees when I sob in therapy. I look out the large
windows and realize I’m self-conscious of my crying, of the emotions that I lock
up and release for him. A fully clothed peep show. I speak in words that I don’t
even think of, they come from a place where there is no description, only trees
and dirt, the other animals scurry around my body. Walking upright from the
office is my greatest achievement. I am energy and rotation, habit and language.
I drive a vehicle back to my brick townhouse that wind cannot strike down.
Process and need drown me down into surfaces I never clean. My hands, what I
use to clap when I approve, clap when I’m angry, excited, they are intricately
moving like I was never taught, they are making the shapes and scooping up
the grain for others, so we can eat another day.

 

Sarah Lilius lives in Arlington, VA with her two sons, husband, and Ophelia the cat. Some places she’s been published are Fourteen Hills, Boulevard and forthcoming in the Massachusetts Review and New South. Her website is sarahlilius.com.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Print

Related

Footer

Stay In Touch

Subscribe to our mailing list for news about events, opportunities, and of course, the latest issue of Willawaw Journal.
* indicates required
We respect your privacy and will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

Support

Willawaw Journal requires no reading fees for submissions. Please make a donation to support the running of Willawaw Journal. Thank you!

Support Willawaw Journal

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Copyright © 2021 Willawaw Journal, LLC · WordPress · site design by Yeda, LLC