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Be

Be

she’s standing

on the scale

still

as a tree trunk

waitin for the pointer

to tell her if she’s

gettin better

up or down

round

and round

and I wanna

tell her

to get off

that scale

and never

step back

I wanna

tell her

to keep pushin

up that hill

don’t look back

I wanna

tell her

what that scale

never will …

you’re here

you showed up

no matter what

you showed up

husband, no husband

kid, no kid

job, no job

no matter what

you showed up

and you’re here

gettin better

forget the number

on the box

and crack the code

internal

the body of being

measured by …

breathing

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery