APOLOGY

It has taken so very many years for me to realize,

that you have been my friend and the ultimate prize.

So many harsh words and thoughts

have been sent in your direction,

when all you wanted from me

was a little of my affection.

Please take this apology so long in coming.

Your unending service and presence for me

has carried me through the years I’ve been living.

Dear body, you are a fleshy, boney, miracle of life,

so humble and willing to enter the strife.

You ask for so little and give so much,

Please accept my apologies for being a schmuck.

I didn’t realize you were a gift.

I thought you were a problem,

How wrong I was, my thinking skewed.

you are my friend…my faithful muse.

Things will change, my heart is right

my mind is focused upon your plight.

No longer will you hear me taunt

you for being “less than” and not the “ideal”.

Can you forgive me for being a heel?

From this moment on you are where you belong,

in my heart and singing YOUR song.

You have been so patient with me and my judgment,

At last you can breathe without abasement.

My body, my gift, my vehicle to use,

I am eternally grateful and no longer will abuse,

this gift of flesh that has carried me far,

through years of living, loving and crying

and will be with me to the end of the day I am dying.

Thank you for allowing me to make my amends.

Dear body, at last, we can truly be friends!