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Put Body here
so I did

but I don't always
just obey
I'm asked on first dates
to lay it down
to put it out there
I don't
show some respect
you Body idiot
go home

but I put I here

having only one Body
is better than no Body
but the best
is an I Body

if more could see that
they would see more of that
but only on the second date
when you put it that way

I might even put it to you
that
I hear
and obey

is that naughty
of my Body?
so it did

it's good to follow your body
and not your mind
once my mind's made up
I can put it your way
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
Molly
IF THIS BODY
WEREN'T MINE
WOULD I STILL
HATE IT?
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
Molly
Looking at myself now,
I am not sure that I recognize
any piece of who
I used to be.

Our cells are constantly
replenishing and replacing,
and technically speaking,
I am not at all
the person I once was.

I understand that I
am a collection of my experiences
and that everything I have
done has led me to this moment.
I do not know what has come of
the choices I
made opposing this.

The patches of my skin
that only said yes
when they meant it have
peeled away and are
replaced by the fresh
tissue of compliance.

If I am
the sum of my experiences
then why are there no
scars on my thighs from
the times I smiled?
If I am
the sum of all of my experiences
then why is there
a fracture in my arm from
anger but not from love?

If I am really
the sum of all of my
experiences then
why does my body
only show my regrets?
The bags under my eyes are starting to seem permanent.
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
ZL
bathe me
since you long for intimacy
I'm here baby,
still you do not see


caress this skin
forgive this sin
give me passion
if you can

tell me I'm beautiful
if you dare
"look at me" said the mirror
I know you care!

turn off the lights
relax, don't fight
*and make love to
your body tonight
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
diana
body
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
diana
it feels like my body was meant
to be with yours.
our hands fitting like perfect
puzzle pieces. our breathing,
in a perfect rhythm, along with our heartbeat.

my body was meant to be with
yours because with out you here i
feel like i run out of oxygen
and i will soon die.

my body was build to be with yours.
this is random i'm sorry
Perched in front of a fireplace
One could be thinking of anything,
Distant castles and battles to be fought-
Dragons and demons and lovers lost
But as I curl up on the brick and place myself only inches from the flames
I think about how I wish the fireplace were real
And that it was in a much smaller house
So the warmth could chase away the cold and darkness from the farthest corners of the room.
Suddenly I remember my aunt and her fireplace
Situated in a house even bigger than this
As I watch she sits down on the cold marble hearth and reaches for a pack of cigarettes hidden in plain sight, puts one to her lips, and lights it
Exhaling the smoke into the flume
In my imagination I see myself taking one from her
Lighting it
And I inhale
And I exhale
Finding myself once again alone in front of the fireplace that isn't real,
the house still cold and dark as ever.
The world is wild and beautiful
The dark is vast and deep
But I don't know if I'll survive
To pass this way again
Hold me close and assure me that everything I perceive is real
Better yet- convince me that nothing is
That everything ceases to exist when I close my eyes- the world shatters, disintegrates, scatters- and reforms when again they open
 Aug 2014 heather jackson
Styles
Stop thinking about thinking about doing it- and just do it.
Then you can think about it; how it got done.

Then do it again.

Trust me,
              it feels better after its all done.
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