Bones and light

 The prompt for Poets and storytellers United is "We will invite you to find inspiration in this quote: “The most expensive garment you’ll ever own is your own flesh.”

Bones and light

My body, an expensive garment
a vessel I stitched with quiet light,
soft fabric worn by time.

A heap of bones, perhaps
but also, two legs that carry me
down winding paths of discovery,
where the wild whispers
my name

My arms, woven to embrace:
to cradle the young,
to steady the old,
to hold the world for a moment.

My mind, a tangle of threads
where I linger, weaving words,
sometimes losing myself
in the knots.

And when this garment is finally worn,
I’ll look back and say:
it was worth every breath,
every step, every touch,
every thought spent,
I will leave it with gratitude