Orbits

Your presence could be my attraction

And mine could be yours,

Something I need

To be part of what defines me

 

I do need my space,

So we may dance around

And yes please touch me

 

Just don’t come to close or else

We feel the force of gravity

 

And it will weigh us down

Pause

I steal a second from time,

To stand within its landscape

 

There I know, and can see

Even though my thoughts

Are as fast as a fraction –

Can’t leave my heart behind

Age

Youth and beauty are worth missing

For what you once had

And now may have changed,

But the experience and wisdom

With time gained,

Brighten your face and your smile

With an inner sunlight,

That wakes my soul

Kata (Martial Arts)

I embody opposites

And transitions between them,

Loose flowing energy

I harness to a powerful burst

Be it through an exploding fist or kick –

I learn to aim,

In just the right timing,

And place –

I exert the precise amount of force,

No more than less

My offense is also a defense

 

I like to spend my days practicing

In this world of four dimensional space

Humble beneath clear skies,

I strive to move swiftly and fully

Parallel all directions and all lines.

I wish to stand straight and tall

While bowing low, close to earth,

Walk barefoot on an endless plain

Strip down – to who I am

Who I truly can be,

Yes – I dare show myself,

My passion sets me free

 

I grind myself thin,

Till I hear nothing

But the air in friction round my curves

It’s a desperate addiction – this need,

To perfect body and form

Inside the realm of speed

This, in some deep level,

Relieves my pain,

Reroutes neurons in my brain

 

This is how I concentrate

To forget –

I fill my mind with emptiness,

Close my eyes and breath,

Inhale this world

I wish so much

To become one with

Inner terrain

Tried for long

To move my mountains.

I Thought they would,

I believed,

I wasted away

Time and disappointments.

 

It would be easier, to just lose myself

I’m worn and torn

Like desert rocks,

Eroded by wind passing time,

Becoming sand grains

In oceans of sand