Poem: Dissecting Her

Stripped

Naked

Flat breast that feeds with stories

Hands that nurtures

with a touch a thousand years old

kisses centuries held

amoebic belly with scars of victory

Flabby arms that wrestle the tides

Akimbo with stern looks

My body a map of generations to hold

A waist that bears the loins of all

Legs dragging to support the stance of a soldier