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I'd Trade My Body
March 9, 2022
I’d trade my eyes
For emerald stones
They couldn’t cry
But at least I wouldn’t
Be alone
I’d trade my hair
For strings of gold
People would stare
But at least I’d have
Something to hold
I’d trade my name
For metaphors
It’d look the same
But now it would mean
So much more
I’d trade my brain
For trees of pine
They grow in rain
And at least they’d be
Something that’s mine.
I’d trade my very fingertips
For one single lunar eclipse
I want to see something I adore
Before my body becomes
What it was before
© Laine B., Madison, Wisconsin
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dunsmores1 GOLD said...
on Mar. 18 2022 at 12:03 pm
I'm sharing this
dunsmores1 GOLD said...
on Mar. 18 2022 at 11:54 am
Oh my gosh, This was so amazing and true. #speechless
basically body image issues in a nutshell
*remember that your body is beautiful!!!<3*