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*Your body is your vessel.
To sail the seven seas
of the planet.
To follow
any of the four winds
And explore
it's devastating beauty.

Your body cannot be given
as a prize in a contest.
Or
a sun in small universe.
Or
a trembling bird
In a prisoners cage.

We will learn of our bodies
As we lie together
Polishing the diamonds
That are our souls..

Refusing to seek approval
From challenging eyes.
Our bodies are
the tips of the
soaring eagles wings.
Equidistant from
its strong free
beating heart.