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Excuse my body when it doesn't know how to love you,
Forgive my lips when they don't know what to do and my arms that seem hesitant to touch you.
Think I am shy and unknowing of what to do next,
Pretend that my eyes close to remember and not to forget,
Please forgive my unintentional curling into myself.
Excuse my body when it doesn't know how to love you,
Because these arms wrap around beer bottles easier than they wrap around myself.
These wrists have seen the inside of more bandages than sunlight.
These hips have been bracketed by too many hands and not enough lovers.
This heart has known too many soldiers and not enough medics,
Go slowly with me and forgive me when this body doesn't know how to love you.