Sep 20, 2021 | Body Poems
Your adTouting the latestGreatest diet Is interruptingThe conversationI’m trying to have with my body Your expectationOf me being thinAnd staying young Makes it so hardFor me to listen to my whispersYour judgementabout my thighs touching And my hips wideningGets in...
Aug 24, 2021 | Body Poems
I’ve had so many My covid body Padded for survival My summer body Strong from swimming My mom body Stretched from growing a person My wedding body Small from photo fear My injured body Immobile from pain My surgery body Scarred from fighting My winter body Soft...
Mar 24, 2021 | Body Poems
We were in bedTogetherTouching all the placesFor delightBut out of my mouthCame“Don’t touch my belly”And I moved his hand awayAway from the part of me that I thought was too bigToo muchNot flat enoughNot appealingMy mind that had beenSeduced into...
Oct 28, 2020 | Body Poems
𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞“𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞”“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞”“𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲”𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠“𝐈’𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞”“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞”“𝐘𝐨𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐨!!”𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐓𝐡𝐞...