Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Apprentice

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Body I have trusted

you my whole life


I was never more

than an apprentice


of pleasure and pain

of fight and flight


I took you

for granted


as you grew strong

without asking


as you translated

the world for me;


you will

betray me body


and I can't

blame you.

1 comment:

Ken Stollon said...

Good poem! I've been feeling similar feelings about my own body these days. This poem reminds me a lot of one of Pablo Neruda's Odes. See Lion of Poetry Episode 9 - Pablo Neruda - https://youtu.be/gbVZ1dg59h0. (After reading the title, though, I thought for sure that the poem was going to be about Trump.)