For @daily.prompt/15-may-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2737--enlarge
I would like to enlarge my ...
Fill in the blank.
Brain, perhaps...though if your brain gets too big, it's going to press on your skull and you'll probably die.
Heart? Not literally, I hope. Enlarged hearts are often also associated with early expiration.
Muscles? Maybe a little. I'm sure enlarging muscles within reason happens in healthy bodies with lower risk of death, but the enlarging has to come not at the expense of health. Folks taking steroids for the purpose of muscle enlargement can often run into other complications that lead to death.
Well, I think you know where this is going.
Enlarge my...
Enlarge my...
Enlarge my capacity for compassion.
Legit, this is the best thing to enlarge. Or perhaps my capacity to create positive change driven by an enlarge compassion alongside and enlarged understanding of the mechanisms of power and an enlarged sense of urgency AND an enlarged capacity for action.
It's that last part that often gets lost. I can care a lot, but I only have so much time to be awake and even less of that can be spent doing things beyond what it takes to survive.