The first way that this interpretation is displayed is through the narrator’s initial outcry.
My hands are searching for you
My arms are outstretched towards you
I feel you on my fingertips
My tongue dances behind my lips for you (1-4) …show more content…
When you are looking for something, you only reach for what you’re looking for if you are sure that it is there. The outstretching of the narrator’s arms signifies this. When something grazes your fingertips, you assume that whatever it is, is pretty close. So, the narrator incorporates our sense of touch so we can imagine and or feel what is going on in the following quote, “I feel you on my fingertips,” (3) which is the fact that the presence of her former self is getting stronger and nearer. She also uses this line to show the listeners how close she has been to getting clean and in the same instance, show how she has constantly come up short. Usually, a dancing tongue is a religious act of praising one’s God. Here, on the other hand, we have a more literal meaning. When you talk, your tongue moves with each word. The narrator personifies her tongue to heighten the seriousness of her