Valerie

Dear Body; An Apology Letter

 

Dear body,

I’m sorry I’ve done this to you.

Homelessness subjected you to a deflated flower and flea bites.

I’ve ruined you

so I can’t even use you to cope.

I’m sorry you can’t stand to look at yourself.

I’m sorry every breath in tastes like cocaine.

I’m sorry your mother would be disgusted if she saw you.

I wish holding yourself was enough.

 

You can’t make yourself feel whole

so you plug the holes in your soul

with other people’s toxins

and elaborate elixirs.

Self validation comes in gram bags

and vodka cranberries.

 

The body dysmorphia hits harder

when you hate the person you are.

The scars on your skin, self made,

are the reminders of the sulking.