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Appreciate your body Now
Dear body, remember when you felt alive?
Remember when you sprang out of bed, never tired, remember?
Brain, I know it takes more time to recall things these days.
I know you don’t like to work so hard but just try.
Try to remember the times when it was easier, when the pain didn’t come so soon, or at all.
My little glossy eyes, remember when I was told at sixteen that I am a glaucoma suspect.
They thought I would have glaucoma sooner than later.
I couldn’t believe my eyes, literally.
My coke bottle glasses magnified the tears I was trying to hide.
My gnarled knee, you just popped the other day when I knelt down to kiss my daughter goodnight.
You hurt for days and sometimes hurt for no reason.
But there is a reason.
