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Write a letter or poem to your Body 1 years, 11 months ago you are more of a friend to me, than I have been to you
Braya Jess WeaksMy dear body,
You are my home, my wife, my life.
The mistress that sleeps in me too,
Will someday go with all her plights.Her words of insanity, and her thoughts
that hate on you, my home, my wife, my lifeWill come and go till I find it in me to no longer need
That mistress that sleepsShe is cunning and evil
Telling me my body is a beautiful as a crack house
Telling me I am not womanly enough because of my size
Telling me I do not deserve to eat
Telling me to punch myself
She is cunning and evilShe is the mistress that sleeps so I can be the wife that won’t second guess what she says
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My dear bones
They have caused me no troubleMy eyes
They are mineMy skin
Soft Soft Soft they sayMy nose
Perfect
Never Changed
Always Stayed With MeMy scars
Protect the cells that could have killed meMy back
I was embarrassed of you
Now I flex you in the mirror~
My dear body––with all it’s dots and marks and lines and wrinkles and hair––you have stayed with me and hung on even when I hit you or made you bleed or made you bruise
You heal me even when I do not want you too
My dear brain is trying every damn day to erase the bad thoughts and race to the good ones; my damn brain deserves an award; my damn body deserves an award
Dear body: you are more of a friend to me, than I have been to you. Thank you.
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Braya, I love this line at the end: “Dear body: you are more of a friend to me, than I have been to you. ” It is so powerful and I think it is so true for so many of us. I think just recognizing that puts us on a path to a better place. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for being part of our unsealed family. <3 Lauren
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