I admit to having issues with my
appearance
I have compared my body to a sack of
potatoes
Even though I know it's a good body
It gets me around, gives me little pain
And I feel ungrateful for not loving
it more
Because of mere aesthetics
I fantasize about a body that is
sleek and shiny
All smooth and graceful, strong and
fast
I smash myself in the gym and get
strong
But I never get sleek
Abs are made in the kitchen, not the
gym
And my kitchen is full of cookies
and beer
But it's a good body
I am not sleek or shiny
But I am luminous
Glowing from within.
* * *
Membranes
Our bodies are full
of semi-permeable membranes
which are membranes designed
to allow only certain types
of molecules to pass through
I wish we had the same for our souls
that the love would pass in
and the hate would be rejected
turned away by our membranes
and we would be happy and full of
love.
We don't have those special magic
membranes
so we have to do the sorting
ourselves
and that can be very, very tiresome.
