Urvashi's Gift

At the peak of my yoga-ness
I am walking
On a sidewalk
When suddenly
I am holding my body up
With the "core muscles"
I have never felt this before
Never done this before
This must be
What my bellydance teacher
Has been yelling at me
For five years
"Hold the body"

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Then just today
My muscles are sore
I can feel the shape of them
The soreness is a picture
Of my muscle
Urvashi's gift to me
X-ray muscle vision
She gave me this soreness
This knowledge of my body

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I pace on a tile floor
Trying to get it back
To hold myself up
With those core muscles
Urvashi likes so much
Trying