not our bodies but the things we loved

i am not my body.
i am not my 20 inch thighs
or my 25 inch waist
i am not the meals i skip
or the foods i binge
i am the mushrooms
on the forest floors
which i photograph
to document thier growth
because i love them.
i am not my body
i am not my brown eyes
or my plethora of scars
i am not my crooked teeth
or the spots on my face
i am the song "fever pitch"
which i listen and cry to
just so i can fall asleep
and so i can get through the day
because i love it.
i am not my body
i am not my spine
or my cracking joints
i am not my pain
or my neurodivergency
i am books
i am two specific books
i am "they both die at the end"
i am "entangled life"
the two books i have read
and will read
over and over again
because i love them.
i am not my body.
i am the things i love.
you are not your body.
you are the things you love.
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