Dear Body

Dear Body,

I know you suffered. I know it’s been hard. I was there, I mean, with you all this time. And believe me, I can remember it all. Never will I forget how much you have done for me. How resiliently you’ve been going with me through this life.

I know I did you wrong. I judged you way too many times. I hurt you, I intoxicated you. I even hated you at times. I guess I wasn’t well. Instead I was blind, not able to see your true value. There were times when I looked at you and I would start to cry. I couldn’t find the perfection in you. I never saw in you what I always believed I should see.

And though here you are, blossoming in your strength, creating and forming another life that will keep something from you alive even when you’ll be long gone. After I found salvation, you are still here, giving me the most beautiful present anyone has ever given me: My child.

Today I know more, but I still don’t know much. What I can tell you for sure though is that we belong to each other and always will I be grateful for the pain you suffered just to keep me save and alive.

Yours,

Soul

Model: Anna Bianca Gerlach @annabiancarose

Photographer: Alejandro Shamus Keegan Serran @alejandroshamus