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Body Love Letter (Rupi Kaur Tribute)

Dear Body,  

Thank you for giving me a body that is only mine  
And no one else’s. You are taught to be skinny  
Or curvy because there is no place in between.  
 
Why should it ever be a boy or man to intertwine  
With to make your soul more whole? It is a pity  
To be taught you need a man’s love to be a queen.  
 
You are no one’s pit stop or someone’s temporary  
Home. Thank you for your kindness and for carrying  
Life into tomorrow as well as for many years to follow.    
 
You deserve a multitude of rest when you are weary  
And bone tired. Your secrets try to hide, but burying  
Them is no way to live. You are not empty or hollow.  
 
You are a ship and a vessel that has survived every  
Storm. You have taken every bullet like a soldier in  
War. The world thinks you need to add some bells  
 
Here or there. They may even think you are too deadly  
Or natural to survive, but you have grown into your skin  
From a tiny poppy seed. You are my protective shell.  
 
So I thank you.  
 
Sincerely,  
 
Me
Author's Note
Inspired by many of Rupi Kaur's poems including https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/30/4a/1e304a640702d8ed4ce303c415429e6c.jpg, https://rupikaurpoems.tumblr.com/post/163061242037 and https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/c9/6b/e5c96b408ab19ead440c585a392ba844.jpg.
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