The Practice

My Sweet Yoga Journey

Golden droplets

Bundles of light

Swarm around my body and out

Into the air

Moist and hot and full

Of you and me and all of us

Separate and apart

And together we are

Pools of sweat

The residue of where we come from

Evidence of what we are

And are not

And want so much to leave behind

The pain that seeps slowly out

With each breath

Leaking

Frozen ice

Slowly melting into

Tears from my eyes

From the body I carry

And the memories of suffering

And the hate and the horror

And fear

Thawing my cold heart

And then gone

Dissolving unnoticed and quietly

Without sound

I mourn among strangers

Who know nothing of me

Too close

Within reaching distance

But never would I hold out my hand

Before

Today

Letting you lead me

With your words and my heart

Not quite open

But peering out

Tasting the freedom

Of what it may be

To let go

To stop holding on

To climb out of my lonely darkness

And into love

I stand as a warrior

And survivor

And listen to the flow of breath

Sweet ocean sounds sweep me away

And I can close my eyes

I want to be unafraid

To truly open my heart

And to feel something

To connect

Even in my fear

And out of my fear

I bend backwards

And reach to the sky

Knowing I may fall

Again

And I go

To my edge.

By me

~ the thoughts and opinions expressed above are solely mine and are in no way a reflection of those who are more highly evolved