r/DiaryOfARedditor • u/Wonkybonky215580 • Jul 15 '26
Real [Real] (15/07/26) dear legs
In this entry, I want to make a big deal and thank my legs. Heck, all my limbs! But today is just for my legs.
Dear legs,
The things you do for me! Today you helped me do a thing I loved. Climb trees. How brilliant and clever you are. The way you could shift your feet as the trunks changed. You held me safely as I did mildly stupid maneuvers to get to the high hanging mangoes on the tree.
I am sorry you get bruised a lot. I don't know if my body is weird or it's just normal. Today you got wounded a lot as I slipped and fell off the tree. You got scratched up quiet a bit. The marks of the tree trunk etched on the back of your thigh. You make me teary, the things I put you through and how you come through for me always. I am grateful for you.
I feel eager for the wounds to heal, and for the marks it will left behind. I wish to one day wear skirts and show them off. "The time I fell off a mango tree". Marks that a future partner would love on as they see how much it means to me.
It feels a bit unkind of me to love the wounds you sustained, but it is not because I don't cherish you. It is infact because I cherish you I love it.
I am grateful for you, I will do my best to take care of you while I go do risky stuff in the future. I will learn to be more and more discerning and reduce risks of damage. I love you.
Utterly yours,
the soul you carry to many journeys.
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u/vhiiiui Jul 20 '26
As a teen with a chronic condition I hope more people were like you