a body to use

[shady]

petite and tiny
but not small and whiny
an adult but youthful and sweet

sweep me away like a tree in a twister
my heart a hard and calloused blister
throwing me to-and-fro

then nurture me like a bird with clipped wings
my world, the palm of your rough hand

my heart is large
my bones are frail
my skin porcelain and silky-pale

dry out the windy river that paints my figure
with bundles of cotton and polyester

from head to toe
there's nothing to show
but a body to use when I surrender.