Dear body.

I am so sorry that I did not see you sooner.
The beauty, the magnificence that you are.
Always there, throughout all moments.
Patiently waiting, patiently being.

The constant physical presence.

For all the time I took you for granted.
When I was hard you on.
When I judged you.
When I punished you.

You were always there for me.

Patiently waiting, patiently being.
The miracle that allows me to be,
all that I came to be.
The key to my very existence.

Without you I would not be.

Dear body I am so sorry,
for ignoring how you feel.
For my fierce determination.
For my steely, unwavering will.

Yet here you are still waiting for me to see the light.

And I hear you exhale with the deepest relieving sigh,
as I sit back and realise.
Without you, this me dies.
I am ready to love you deeply.

My body.

My partner in this life.