Write about the part of your body that remembers the most.

Is it your shoulders, always bracing? Your stomach, tightening before bad news? Your hands, still remembering someone else’s?

Zoom in. Let this body part speak. What textures does it crave or fear? What does it hold, hide, rehearse? How has it changed over time?

Don’t describe the body in general. Choose one specific part and stay with it. Let it narrate a memory, even if you don’t fully understand it yet.

Your body remembers things your mind forgets.

Write from that place.

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