A Love Letter to My Breasts by Eloísa Pérez-Lozano
From barely-there buds to voluptuous curves
you have enjoyed the freedom of undershirts
before bouncing into Jockey training bras
and finally becoming familiar with
the metal smiles of underwire.
In college, at the peak of your perkiness,
You hid away under baggy t-shirts with
the rest of my rolls and freshman fifteen.
But I worked the weight off, blossoming
enjoying the fabric now hugging our figure.
But your time is ticking, my tender twins
Tightly bound and tumbling when I run
sagging au naturel after a growing baby
latched, suckled, and stroked you gently
the boobs on high balancing hefty hips.
O bountiful breasts, overflowing fatty tissue
sites of playful pleasure and essential sustenance:
Though gravity insists on your inevitable descent
I am grateful for your curves, your cushion
and the overwhelming world of sensation you bring.
Eloísa Pérez-Lozano (she/her) writes poems and essays about Mexican-American identity, women’s issues and motherhood. She graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in journalism and mass communications. A Best of the Net-nominated writer, her work has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media, and Poets Reading the News, among others. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas. She can be found on Instagram at @elodisneygirl and twitter @EloPoeta.