relationship wednesday: sacred self

our relationship with our bodies is complicated

i look at you and see coco skin

brown eyes, wavy locks

you look at yourself and see race

separation even shame

you look at me and see lily skin

azure eyes, golden hair

i look at my self and see shortcomings 

questions and failures

we slouch

we slump

we bite our nails, our lips, 

....each other.

kindness to ourselves
our bodies 

strangers....
is not often taught

therefore, less often indulged

Yoga Undressed Trailer from Gabriel Bienczycki on Vimeo.

sometimes it takes a shock to the soul
to force us to look deeper
to look past the physical

beauty is after all, only skin deep

perhaps one day i will look at you

and see myself

perhaps one day 

 

we'll all be this free....

~ mrs m

henna hands here

tambourine hands here