angel within

To My Body


I thought
you had deserted me
so I disowned you.

I hauled you
from place to place
endured
your failures
administered
your needs.

I could not
trust you.

Now I bless you for
adapting
adjusting
accepting

You move
in the water
as gracefully
as a mermaid.

Author: Judy Clouston
Photography: Sam Laundon