Some found it suspicious
How it lay there
Unflinching
Untouched
Unloved
They disregarded it
In its entirety
The sum of parts
Leaving something
Lacking
Undesired


Others decided
Parts could be useful
Found ways to
Entertain
Through thinly veiled
Expressions of disdain
All while uttering
Sentiments of contempt
Barely
Contained


Then there's those
Who's mouths watered at
First glance
Only seeing prey
******* air through
Dripping lips and
Sharpened teeth
Hungering for something
Full-bodied and
Forbidden
Giddy with delight
To find something
So...
Delectable


They
Never knowing
And
Never caring
How
Fear coated the inside
Leaving it
Thick with
Layers upon layers of
This dark murky gray
Feeling that
Something was
Terribly
Wrong


It's taking years for
It to come clean
It's taken so much to
Come to terms with
Mirrors being
Better friends
That reflections
Are not
Projections forced
Upon
Me


I am bigger than
This body
I have felt
My soul
Stretched across the sky
Spread like eagle wings
With the ancestors whispering
Universal sweet nothings
Only to me
Reminding me
Not to be drowned
By these
Petty
Sorrows


Said
Suffer no fools
Who refuse
To value
Your
Truth
And I heard
Oh and I heed
The sentiments of
The voices
The timber in which they
Relied
Exaltations
Joy and pride
Making me know
I am
Never again
Meant to
Hide
This body with
All this glory
Was made to
Shine