“Breathe”

BREATHE: BODY!

In case you hadn’t heard it in a while:

It is not recommended to eat a bag of chips when you’re too tired to make a recovery smoothie after a workout.

BREATHE:  BODY: BUT!

It is common to skip a workout for any reason and put yourself on the back burner.

BREATHE:  MIND: REFLECTION!

You’re perfect in the skin you’re in.

You know that body you inhabit.

BREATHE:  BODY: SIZE!

Small and fit Zumba and Spin enthusiasts won’t say it.

But I will, and you are.

BREATHE:  MIND: FEEDBACK!

wrapped in loving parentheticals—

She has such a pretty face.

He is so smart.

I could just gobble up those chubby little thighs.

BREATHE:  MIND: MESSAGES!

Younger. Stronger. Prettier. Healthier. Happier.

Hungry to be more-or-less

because you feel too much this or not enough that.

BREATHE: WHAT THE HECK!

Industry standards for sizing…

Do they even exist?

At least it’s got stretch.

Pull it up! Pull it down! Tuck it in, over and under.

BREATHE: IMPRESSION!

Historically, art has painted and sculpted fertility, longevity, and prosperity as

bodacious, voluptuous girth.

And, it’s still in fashion to emulate the attributes of heads of state and public figures.

BREATHE:  MIND: REFLECTION!

I see all of you and it is so much more than any judgment, feedback, or criticism.

BREATHE: BREATH and BODIES:

A steady stream of oxygen in –carbon out,

Out through the artist’s stylus,

friction against surface.

One line.

Soft, evocative, simple, profound.

Lives lived, visible, tender, unapologetic. Perfect in form and expression