Bodhicitta Everything comes from the center. As Moses diagnosed the 12 springs for the 12 tribes in exodus with his staff let me defy gravity let me drink of myself down through the heart of history to the place the pyramid wants to be planted. When my heart weighs less than a feather I can survive the scales of truth my shape conveying my limits. Let me know the difference between shape and form. Let me be the halved string doubled in octave reaching higher with each loss. Let me dance in the skin of who I intend to become making the faces of the spirits my own. Let me stand aligned as odalisque. Let me build my house where the sheep lie down.
Sage Cohen is the author of five books including the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World and the poetry guides Writing the Life Poetic and Write a Poem a Day. She offers information and inspiration for poets and writers at sagecohen.com.
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