My Body is the Gateway

My body is the gateway

into knowing

How is it that I ever believed I didn't know

Couldn't see

Wasn't sure

Of true understanding

or belief.

My body,

it keeps the score.

The score writes itself

across my face

and all of the contours of

my skin.

I know,

what is true

and right

and righteous

and real.

I've always known.