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Balancing between the place between
Staying in her realm of comfort
And falling on her face
Again
This girl is tired of her joyful expressions
Looking a mess
Still.
Stillness
comes with breath.
The child reminds the woman
that to play
is to honor the very nature of Life.
And so
She connects to her center
Filling her cells with inhalation
With exhalation
With drishti
She waits for the moment
Waits for what would once be considered a miracle
And now feels more like simple play
A toe lifts
And then another
Her evolution is happening right now,
right here
And so she flies.
‘Crow’ is the fourth in a series of poems written in the name of, and dedicated to the practice of yoga. Please read the others in the series, Surya Namaskar, Harmonium, and Warrior.
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