Ode to My Body

Jul 26, 2010 | 6 Comments

As she sits in the warm pool at a hot springs oasis in the city, Christine Garvin is moved to write a love poem to her body. She highly recommends it.

Photo: Bhaskar Banerji

I love the way you move

I love the way you fuck

I love the way your stomach rounds

I love the red bumps on your inner thighs

I love the way your arms tighten easily

I love that your stomach never will

I love that your big toe turns in slightly while the rest stand straight out

I love that your skin tans easily

I love that your face reddens even more easily

I love that your legs look long in the slightest of heels

…and short without

I love the way you snake your arms when you dance

I love that your eyes can pierce

I love that you often look away instead

I love how you get me out of bed every morning

especially when I remember a time that wasn’t so easy

I love that your face gives away exactly how you’re feeling

…even when I don’t want you too and don’t think you are

I love that you are my best friend

and accept me even when I don’t accept you

I love that you are with me no matter what happens in this life, who comes in and out of it, what I accomplish or fail

I love you

About the Author

Christine Garvin is a certified Nutrition Educator and holds a MA in Holistic Health Education. She is co-editor of Brave New Traveler and a featured author at Healthier Talk. When she is not out traveling the world, she is busy writing, doing yoga, and performing hip-hop and bhangra. She also likes to pretend living in her hippie town of Fairfax, CA is like being on vacation.

6 Comments »

Monica said:

Great idea! I love this! I am going to write one for myself this week.

# 26 July 2010 at 1:04 PM

Amanda said:

Must have been Kabuki ?

# 26 July 2010 at 10:47 PM

Christine Garvin said:

Amanda – yup, exactly.

# 27 July 2010 at 8:38 AM

Ode To The Abused | Fevered Mutterings said:

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# 31 July 2010 at 2:15 PM

Mikeachim said:

Nice work. Love the idea.

And so, while it ain’t a poem….

http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/ode-to-the-abused

# 31 July 2010 at 2:39 PM

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# 17 August 2010 at 2:24 PM

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