Thank You My Body

Thank you my body

For being whole

For allowing me to see 

And I am sorry I have taken you for granted 

I didn't think it would come to this 

Thank you my body

For giving me imagination

Allowing me to respond to stimulus

And not making me mute 

Or deaf, like Beethoven

Who knows what he would have done if 

He had been able to hear?

Thank you my body

For giving me solace

I'm sorry I make you cry

And you're last on my list of to-dos 

On most days 

Thank you my body

For your mitochondria

For being there for me

And I'm sorry I treat you so

And don't take care of you

All the systems inside you

Demand my attention

And I give it to others 

I stay up nights pining 

For love 

When my lover left me with a person I thought 

Was a friend 

I stay up all night because I have dreams 

Of how to exhaust you more 

Until under torture 

You break

Your bones become brittle 

Your heart riddled with holes 

Foreign bodies in your ribs 

I'm sorry my body

For not listening to your cries of pain

I promise to try harder 

Don't give up on me just yet

The Bilge Master