Lilly Trace

Lilly Trace (any pronouns) is a junior English major with a minor in French. Writing is quite possibly their favorite mode of creative expression, with other hobbies like running, swimming, and baking occupying the other sectors of free time they have. Poetry in particular has been a favorite genre of Lilly’s to play around in, though they occasionally dabble in nonfiction as well. Their idea of a perfect evening is a dinner of comforting Greek food and an egregiously thick book to devour alongside it.

Is this a test?
I feel it odd to so engage
A person as myself
In such a manner:
In mind I might–
In body, however…

Do you wish to bring me lower?
Unable to have me one way,
So you’ll settle for
Demystification.
I am real. I am physical.

In mind I might
Say yes – I do, actually–
Despite my apprehension;
Despite the compromising it implies.

Is that it? An experiment:
“Oh, she is not as incorruptible
As I thought.”
Do you believe I’ve fooled you?

I believe, at times, that you
Are trying to fool me.

In mind I might,
In body I shouldn’t.

But perhaps I will.