pneuma

what is the spirit? how you felt
exhilarated in the rain and wind
that one time, you were ten
and traveling, you knew
actual magic
*
you must bring it
the yoga teacher says
no one else can
find those places
of either hurt or release
*
in ancient Greek, I’m told
pneuma, verily only
the stuff of life
which blows
over all our heads
*
true dark skies last summer
Milky Way and eclipsed sun

beyond earth’s wind
beyond need for meaning

new to the practice

early enough
				breathe in
mind bows
				body bends
bends and
				unbends
spirals out			(breathe out)
ticks off to-dos	
				flexes
and falls
				forgives
again
				breathes in
		again		
		we meet