Unknown Factors In Tai Chi

When I did the
hug-a-tree today,
I could feel my
breathing in my fingers
as the air
in my body moved my blood.

That Norwegian professor,
when I was 25,
told me that would happen.
One body, he told me,
like a fluid-filled bag,
like a decorative icing
squeezer.

Several times today
I could feel time stop
and I could feel the
gap between my fingers
tremble.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Walker  Avatar
August 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM
Insightful Don. Tai Chi is a regime? Verlena
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August 14, 2014 at 8:24 PM
Yes we are taking a class. Thanks Verlana
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