Gray Davidson Carroll

Things My Yoga Teacher Tells Me

A found poem for my trans siblings

The body is not a permanent residence

Let the dog out of the house

You are reaching always

for your center point

Let go of excess

Let go

You will find

you leave your body often

You go into the future

You go into the past

Be here

Be right here

I will be amazed

if in this life

my left knee

is ever in parallel

It’s not about that

It’s about reference points

And then from those points

you find where you are.

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