Monday, May 12, 2014

Flesh Blood Bone

Flesh
blood
bone

The lines in these hands
worn
The ache in this spine
weary
The sparkle in these eyes
bright
The beat in this chest
comforting
The warmth of his arms
soothing
The message in her smile
welcoming

The tiny factories
in our bodies
replicating
splitting
Building blocks of life

The flood of red
just below
mocha skin

These muscles
Strong
yet overworked
strained

Bones hardened
by life
Balance of flexibility
and strength

The network
of neurons
speed
of impulse
dashing from
brain to fingertips
as I write this

The potential of action
Isn't that what we are

We are all sensory
and adaptation

Complicated machinery
manufactured by
the divinity of evolution
Au natural

Magnificent creatures
blind to our own beauty
our own strengths
our own design

A structure created
for movement
we've stilled
While minds are still wild
and racing

Mana runs through
our veins
Soaks each breath
Qi flows in our
movements
Collections of heavenly bodies
Celestial
Stardust
We are a collection
of the gods we pray to

As fragile
as we are resilient
We can bend
until broken
But those breaks
heal

Although some things
do not heal
Some ailments
left uncured

We fear our darkest moments
Only understanding then
the gift we are
and standing at the edge
of the unknown
is unsettling

Born from mother earth
it is to her that we return
our final breaths
eventually giving new life

Continuous cycle of change
growth
birth
death
transformation
transition
Yin
Yang

Flesh
blood
bone

The simplicity
of this wondrous
human body

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