Dear Body

Dear body, I see you

You’re changing again

Ever so slowly

An agonizing trend

I look at you with fresh cut eyes

And wish on you with best kept lies

But this time I see

With every inch

Of mirror and camera and secret pinch

Myself more true

Or, hopefully, too

In ways I never knew were you

I see you reflected

Newly aligned

With vision clearer than looking behind

I want to look and see the truth

Not something I wish or seek to rebuke

You’re growing but different

And I’m growing too

Older and taller and smaller and you

And just today, I just want to say

Dear body, I see you, it’s ok

-@apoem2you