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Sunday, November 18, 2018

To Speak Kindly




This morning I spoke kindly….
to my healing left knee….

Joints, pulled and danced by ligament and muscle,
move me forward into a life I have chosen ~ always ready to bend, straighten and flex the instant I command.

When the fear of incapacity
bleeds through my soul
disrupting the peace I have found
I become cautious and grateful.

So, though it may sound odd,
I will speak kindly to my body ~ 
she carries my mind, heart and soul
wherever I ask her to go.

“The body is our general medium for having a world.”
~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception

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