The Phenomenal Body

I love my body.

In times past,

I have felt it has betrayed me.

Today

while listening to a guided meditation,

I realized that my body has never betrayed me.

It has kept me going,

active, alert, moving,

walking, stretching, swimming, triking

when pollutants of the environment

have sought to destroy it.

Above ground atomic bomb testing:

A detonated nuclear bomb

produces a fireball (which we could see from the school steps),

shockwaves and intense radiation.

A mushroom cloud forms from vaporized debris and

dispenses radioactive particles

that fall to earth

contaminating our

soil, water and the food supply.

CANCER. BIRTH DEFECTS. MISCARRIAGES.

Unhealthy inversions for years,

filling our heart and lungs with danger.

Processed foods poisoning our system.

Remember margarine?  Crisco?
Killer pills that make Big Pharma rich
and riddle my body with devastating side effects. 

Stress. Anxiety. Pressure.

Yet my noble brilliant body

keeps going.

No wonder I love it so.
JOYFUL  ENERGETIC  BLISSFUL BODY