it stopped feeling right<\/p>\n
I know you heard it my bones<\/p>\n
and locking hips<\/p>\n
in silt and clay<\/p>\n
I know you did<\/p>\n
but you took it anyway\u2026<\/p>\n
My body is not your dumping ground<\/p>\n
not your place of release<\/p>\n
not your trophy or your jumping off point<\/p>\n
for a new slate<\/p>\n
not a landing strip for<\/p>\n
pornographic reenactments<\/p>\n
of white come on brown belly fetish<\/p>\n
my body is not for your distraction, <\/p>\n
or for your brown sugar for cravings<\/p>\n
my body is a sacred site \u2013 YES \u2013 but<\/p>\n
NOT for the tourist bucket list<\/p>\n
TICK \u2018Yeah, been there\u2019<\/p>\n
It is not the free soup sample section<\/p>\n
at the supermarket<\/p>\n
my body is too vast for shallow slurps<\/p>\n
it\u2019s the herb garden<\/p>\n
that grew cardamom, turmeric, ginger<\/p>\n
that heals<\/p>\n
like homeopathic drops and tincture<\/p>\n
my body is not your gymnasium<\/p>\n
not weights to test or bulk your power with<\/p>\n
my solar plexus is not the punching bag<\/p>\n
for your unresolved emotions<\/p>\n
and next time you come<\/p>\n
for temporary cuddles<\/p>\n
to kill time until the next one<\/p>\n
know that my body is not your mama\u2019s<\/p>\n
not a well for you to milk dry<\/p>\n
all you missed out on in childhood<\/p>\n
but come with reverence<\/p>\n
with all of your essence and presence<\/p>\n
and my body will give more than<\/p>\n
you\u2019ve ever known<\/p>\n
my body is not your science lab<\/p>\n
no I don\u2019t give u permission<\/p>\n
to lay your curious on me<\/p>\n
with all of your industries<\/p>\n
to test your fantasies<\/p>\n
strategies for some contest<\/p>\n
it\u2019s not your satellite tower<\/p>\n
to broadcast your stolen conquest<\/p>\n
my body is mine<\/p>\n
it\u2019s mine to objectify<\/p>\n
like celestial objects<\/p>\n
asteroids and stars<\/p>\n
shining on stale carpets<\/p>\n
and fresh scars<\/p>\n
my body is mine<\/p>\n
it\u2019s mine<\/p>\n
it\u2019s mine<\/p>\n
it\u2019s my contradiction<\/p>\n
my secret to tell or not to tell<\/p>\n
my right to cover up or to rebel<\/p>\n
my made-up word to italice<\/p>\n
or to misspell<\/p>\n
what you told me was my hell<\/p>\n
was in fact, my well<\/p>\n
of everlasting power<\/p>\n
so cast your pious eyes<\/p>\n
your greedy hooks<\/p>\n
your dirty looks<\/p>\n
away from my body<\/p>\n
there is nothing wrong in<\/p>\n
walking proud and strong<\/p>\n
flawed and vulnerable<\/p>\n
there is wrong in<\/p>\n
making you pay attention to<\/p>\n
the swaying hips of my<\/p>\n
gullies and my oceans<\/p>\n
I have always been here<\/p>\n
just doing my thing<\/p>\n
there is nothing wrong with my body<\/p>\n
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BODY<\/p>\n
my body is<\/p>\n
crowing heads<\/p>\n
through birth canals<\/p>\n
humble creeks<\/p>\n
and waterfalls<\/p>\n
broken skin and hummingbird calls<\/p>\n
it\u2019s an open palm<\/p>\n
always facing the Source<\/p>\n
drawing in more love<\/p>\n
to give even through it all<\/p>\n
my body mends and heals<\/p>\n
braces and builds<\/p>\n
from billions of light years ago<\/p>\n
a breathtaking tapestry of interference patterns<\/p>\n
stitched with stardust<\/p>\n
and synovial fluids for God\u2019s movements<\/p>\n
My body IS God\u2019s library<\/p>\n
of information<\/p>\n
Read. The. Signs.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all there<\/p>\n
In My Body<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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