Island

island

The water rolled around it

Caressing every place

I used to want to hide

made me want to hate

Hate it for its presence

And for what it didn’t do

wanted it to disappear

Wanted to make it new

Because it wasn’t built

By tiny little bones

Wispy willowed limbs

Within a slimness owned

As the air it moves

In and out it goes

Rise and fall easily

I humble in my bones

It became an island

In my train of thought

What if it was stronger than

Made of soil and rock

I saw it as the earth

Strong within my hands

Soft and moving too

Like living breathing land

Changing all the time

Directed by the moon

So I sat and loved it

I mostly never do

As I floated Gracefully

In the water blue

A thought came rushing in my mind

The body knows the truth

My belly is an island

Water floating all around

My legs were two long bridges

Connected underground

My arms became the shore

Hands holding it together

Fingers splayed out sweetly

Taking in the weather

Catching in the scene

Breathing in the knowing

I caught this body tooth and nail

Was always scared of showing

All the love that it deserved

I wish that I had known

This body is an island

Full of love to grow

In and all around

Has been forever more

My body is an island

My belly is the shore

My arms and hands

Stronger still

Stretching

to the sky

My legs long

Big muscular

Help my feet

To fly

Finger tips

touch softly

Get course

From work and grit

Tongue to taste

Eyes to see

Tender lips

To kiss

This body is a tool

Gets me all around

Miracle the senses too

So lucky I’ve been crowned

For this precious body

Beaming with pure light

No longer be upset with

I now see the light

I’ll love her deep and wide

Learning everyday

My body is an island

I never want to hate