Body / Lali Tsipi Michaeli

Body

I know I'm a spirit and I have a body
I know I'm a spirit and I have a chair
I know I'm a spirit and I have a floor
Right wall left wall front wall and back wall
I know there is a wooden floor beneath me and a high ceiling
I know I have a chair I have a place I have a tombstone
Why mention these things

Improve improve yourself

Once again
I have a table
I have a chair I have a body
Anyway I'm
A spirit
wandering above the body and what's the body to me
body micro-body
what has it got to do with me
Why all of a sudden did I decide to take a body
my micro-body well-kept
in which I labour
So much labour for the spirit
Body for spirit

Body




from Hebrew:
Alexa Christopher-Daniels
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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