BODY IMAGE Poem: Petrichor, by Charlie Snow

The body, the mind, and the heart of a woman
Entangled within the soul of a man
A love as is female’s, an empathy as is girl’s
Softness and corrosion as is common with women
Within the vastness of eyes that is a contemplative boy’s
Underneath lashes pattered by a girl as she watches the clouds roll by
A soul to oppose the physical, a mind to oppose the soul
Violet hues amongst peach and ocean and the galaxies that bloom from within
A fabulous cacophony comes out at the end,
Two parts woman, one part star
With millions of intricate details and thoughts and experiences and loves
Unwhole without all that is, will be, and was, an impossible mix of each
So simple on paper so complex from scratch
The divine within body, holding close every part of one
Nought to be understood by any or all
But to simply love, to hold, to think, to feel
Perhaps even to be
As one was always meant to

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