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of or arousing gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
the state or situation of being alone
We are never taught to love ourselves
To love our own bodies
We are taught to know the touch of another’s hand
To want and desire this touch
But we are not taught to know and love our own
Touch
We are not taught to
Desire
Our own touch
But who is better at servicing the body we inhabit
24/7
At one point i started putting hormones into
This body
And then
This body
Changed
It was a new body
It was a new landscape
And i became an
Explorer
I scouted out this new
Terraine
Surveyed the crests
Discovered the caverns
I began to accept this
Sexual body
I had a partner at the time
Whose narcissism
Could not tolerate
This new found love of my own
Body
As it meant that the time
I spent exploring
Myself
I was not exploring them
I was not satiating their
Desire
For me to be an extension
Of them
I was not servicing their need
For my servitude
I tried to hide
My new found
Hobby
From them
The more i enjoyed myself
The less i want to submit
To their coercive subjugation
The rift grew
My independence over
My own body
Grew
I now wanted
Independence
Over my life
My love for myself became a
Threat
Our system
Maintains control
By teaching us
Not to love
Ourselves
When we seek others to affirm
Our sense of self
We give over our power
Self love is a
Radical act
For those of us who are
Marginalized
This might be thee most
Radical act
When we say not only
I have a right to exist
But also say
I have a right to feel pleasure
We learn to say
I have a right to autonomy
I have a right to love myself
These are radical acts
These are acts that we are
Punished for
These are words that
Empower us
These are words that
Take our power back
These are radical words
The power to make ourselves feel good
Creates autonomy
Negates control
Empowers the marginalized
What would our world look like if we were
To be
Empowered
Autonomous
What better lovers
Would we be
If we
Knew our own bodies
Loved our own bodies
Revelled in our own bodies
If we loved our skin
Be it
Red, brown, black
If we loved our gender
Be it
Trans, female, male
If we loved our hair
Black, kinky, thick, straight
If we loved our lips
Thick, thin, lipsticked
If we love our eyes
Round, almond, hazel, brown
If we love our noses
Flat, pointy, crucid
If we love our hips
Curvy, big, flat
If we explore these places
If we love these places
If we vocalize our love for these places
If we refuse dates because
We want to instead love ourselves
Sorry i cannot go out to night
I am going to have hot steamy sex with myself
I aint even gonna make it to the club
Because i am feeling myself and i feel good
I’m sure sex with you is great
But can you make me orgasm as hard as i can
Can you make me cum and cum again
Just writing this i am getting a hard on
For myself
I can’t wait to be finished so i can get off
But first i want to insure that you
Understand
I want you to also find
Sensual solitude
I want your hands to caress your body
I want your skin to tingle at your own touch
I want your nipples to get hard and erect
I want the blood to flow into your penis/clit until it throbs
I want juices to flow
I want you to get flushed
At the thought of yourself
I want you to join me in this
Radical act of
Self love