I Am Grateful For My Body

I am grateful for my body

for we have come a long way
in the beginning 

I punished it with food
then I punished it with drink

for I hated it and myself
and yet it bore me
uncomplaining
yet it held me

never waning

at times

it persisted

when I could not.

We have since

developed an easy truce

an amiable affinity

I take care of it

best I can

and as always

it takes care of me.