Sweet Softness

Oh beautiful, tender

Body of mine

You have carried the me that

Desires exploration

Holding

Tenderness

Depth

The me that didn’t know how

To relate to the outside world

While yearning for connection

You shielded and protected me

From the harshness

I carried

And the pain

I consumed and recycled

Transmuted

Processed

Healed

Forever turning straw into gold

All while growing softer

And expanding my edges

Carrying the weight of the world

As if it was mine to carry

Dancing

Shaking

Moving

I hid in your recesses

I basked in your pleasure

Like a kitten sprawled across the velvet

Of my bed

Sunlight infusing everything

With the glow

Of ease

Radiant and brilliant

In all your magical, mystical ways

Harboring

The eternal runaway

Made of cosmic dust

Stars

And the infinite

Exhale

Of

All

That

Is

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

For the space

To live

Love

Laugh

Grow

Play

Break

Reconfigure

Restructure

Remember

The weight of the human

Lives in the tissues

The lightness

Of Being

Sings with delight

At the beauty and wonder

Of it all