An Act of Self-Love
“That Body, This Body, Next Body” by NaéBur
Remember
Remember your BODY
Remember your BODY as THREE IN ONE
THAT BODY
THIS BODY
NEXT BODY
HOLD YOUR BODY
REMEMBER IT IS YOUR BODY
NOT THE WORLD’S
HOLD OUR BODY
PLACE [Y]OUR HANDS
ON [Y]OUR FACE
[Y]OUR CHEEKS
[Y]OUR EARS
ACROSS [Y]OUR EYES. THEN LIPS
YOU NEXT HOLD OUT YOUR
HANDS FOR THE RAIN
TO CATCH, LAP UP HYDRATION IN SIPS
THEN GULPS AND GULPS
HOLD [Y]OUR BODY
YOUR BREASTS
YOUR STOMACH THAT GROWLS
ARMS STRETCHED. NEXT
READY FOR FLIGHT
Remember
Remember your BODY
THIS BODY. RESCUED YOU FROM THAT BODY
MADE THIS BODY, HOLD ON FOR THE NEXT
SHOW YOU IN YOUR OWN WAY
JUST HOW THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
THIS BODY MINES THE SACRED
THIS BODY MINDS THE SACRED
THIS BODY IS A SPACE TO EXIST
Beauty’s appetite for liberation
Where longing thickens
Remember
….Remember to Survive.