You know that bowl that I carry around in my belly? Too heavy for my frame, I've carried it precariously, trying not to spill. I've used it to catch the steady drip that's been there since forever. I've used it to catch the rocks that I hurled up like a juggler (to find where I begin). You've taken it, and now you're swirling the contents, rinsing them with your own feelings, your own words (yourloveyourloveyourlove). All the garbage, the petty insecurities and fearsfearsfears, wash out and leave behind the heavier stones and metals that I've used to construct myself, contain myself. The material of my foundation exposed, you continue to rhythmically, relentlessly reduce me to the shimmersilt at the bottom of the bowl. Eroding. Simplifying. Until you're left with the specks of gold that you say define me. The evidence of treasured trust that remains after I've allowed you to dump out my contents with gentle, sweeping motions.