1 corinthians 6:19-20
- Victoria Walters
My body is not my own
It belongs to God
To touch would be to defile
A sin to pleasure seek
The flesh is weak
My body is not my own
It belongs to my mother
To poke and prod
To criticize and preen
A soul to keep clean
My body is not my own
It belongs to my father
Frozen in time
To protect and feed
His word to heed
My body is not my own
It belongs to the congregation
My body is not my own
It belongs to my lover
My body is not my own
It belongs to the doctors
My body is not my own
It belongs to the state
My body is not my own
My body is not my own
My body is not my own
Tory Walters (she/they) is a writer from Charlotte, North Carolina interested in interrogating grief, identity, and passion through the lens of deconstructed faith. Tory is inspired by the possibilities that exist when the carceral logic of a good/bad binary is thrown out and new worlds are created.
SISTORIES PROMPT
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Have you reclaimed your body yet? Reflect on what steps you took to get there. If not, consider who you belong to and one thing you can do to get closer to freedom.