How wasteful,
Selfish
And little
It had been
Of me
To waste such energy
To spit disgust
Onto these limbs
That have carried me
So fearlessly
Through it all,

As if i had the power
To bend bone

i laugh at all my
Failed past attempts
To change the course
Of these veins
Inside me;
I have learned to
Love my body
Like my mother
And celebrate,
The way my chest
Still beats
After trying to
drown my lungs
In judgement


I have made a new friend
Today
And we breathe together
In the same pace,
into a place
Of healing