i hate it when

i hate it when

Elizabeth Hudgens

i hate it when
we the body are known
by what we despise
and so it goes
i fall into the very trap
i’m sounding off about
i do not love when
i am not known by what
delights the soul
shaped by such hostility
my little wars
on culture waged
bring very little hope
i wish i were
known instead by
all that i am for
those things that cause
my heart to thrill
a mirror of the Lord’s

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Elizabeth Hudgens
Poet & Writer

Elizabeth is a wife and mother, and in a previous life an Exercise Physiologist. You can find more of her poetry and writing on Instagram at @elizabethwrites_insideout and on her blog Insideout: Notes from an Introvert. She has also had poetry published by The Fallow House.

Photography by Casey Horner