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I Love My Body
By Patricia
Blomme
I love my body.
It has served
me well.
Now I must
share my body.
The life within
calling out every day to my blood,
To my inner
most thoughts.
Yes I can hear you.
I can feel you.
Growing inside
without care.
I await your
every movement with joy.
I know this is
my ultimate purpose in life.
To bring forth life.
With hopeful ease.
There are times
when I will have moments of discomfort.
I will remember
that this is part of the whole.
My body is
talking to me.
I will stay healthy.
Not putting in
my body that which I wish to keep from the child once born.
I will stay
steady in mind.
Knowing that
when the time arrives,
I will need the
steady focus for the task at hand.
I believe in myself.
I have been
given the strength of billions of women before me.
I will remember
that this is a temporary situation.
Making it the
best I can will give me the best memories,
For once born,
I will never
experience this child inside again.
I will love my body.
For as my body grows,
So will the
attachment to this child.
An attachment
that will never leave me,
All the days of
my life.
As each new day dawns,
I will be
thankful for it.
Awaiting, with patience,
The coming of
the child,
And the birth
of my family.
Patricia Blomme (1998)
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