diff --git a/crates/ork-server/src/state.rs b/crates/ork-server/src/state.rs
index 1942098..eb452a6 100644
--- a/crates/ork-server/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/ork-server/src/state.rs
@@ -1126,6 +1126,18 @@ fn section_body_text(content: &str, s: &Section) -> String {
             continue;
         }
 
+        // Handle drawer end first: when inside a drawer, consume lines until
+        // :END:. This must precede the drawer-start check below, because
+        // :END: also matches the generic :NAME: drawer-start pattern and
+        // would otherwise be misread as opening a new drawer (swallowing the
+        // body that follows).
+        if in_drawer {
+            if trimmed == ":END:" {
+                in_drawer = false;
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // Handle drawer start
         if trimmed.starts_with(':') && trimmed.ends_with(':') && trimmed.len() > 2 {
             let drawer_name = &trimmed[1..trimmed.len() - 1];
@@ -1135,14 +1147,6 @@ fn section_body_text(content: &str, s: &Section) -> String {
             }
         }
 
-        // Handle drawer end
-        if in_drawer {
-            if trimmed == ":END:" {
-                in_drawer = false;
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-
         // This is actual content
         seen_content = true;
         result_lines.push(line);
@@ -2408,6 +2412,29 @@ mod tests {
         (dir, state)
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn body_after_drawer_is_not_swallowed() {
+        // Regression: :END: matched the generic :NAME: drawer-start pattern,
+        // re-opening a drawer and swallowing the body that followed. A section
+        // whose only content follows a property drawer must still expose it.
+        let (_d, state) = state_with(
+            "#+TITLE: W\n* Task A\n:PROPERTIES:\n:ID: a1\n:END:\nThis is the body of A.\n",
+        );
+        let body = state.section_body("w", "a1").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(body, "This is the body of A.");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn body_after_planning_and_drawer() {
+        // Planning line + property drawer, then body. All three preamble parts
+        // are stripped; only the body remains.
+        let (_d, state) = state_with(
+            "#+TITLE: W\n* TODO Blocked\nDEADLINE: <2025-01-01>\n:PROPERTIES:\n:BLOCKER: approval\n:END:\nWaiting on external input.\n",
+        );
+        let body = state.section_body("w", "blocked").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(body, "Waiting on external input.");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_delete_section() {
         let (_d, state) = state_with("#+TITLE: W\n* One\n* Two\n* Three\n");