#13nov

the studio hums with sweat and ohms

faint musk of socks and surrender

teacher says "hip and heart openers"

and I almost laugh

as if the body were a lock,

and this practice the key

one breath in supta tadasana

and I come undone

salt water spilling from hidden fault lines

I didn't think was there before

the body is a vessel

it always keeps score

grief blooms from the hips, surprisingly deep rooted

in reclining mountain pose, my chest rises

two peaks split by grief

lips, trembling

lava tears, a small eruption

a hymn of release

the anger comes

sharp, red, absurdly alive

but beneath it only pain exists

tender and exposed

so I stay

let it flood,

let it name me

until I am new again

light, warm

Tu esencia,

Tu sonrisa,

Tu forma de transmitir amor,

Tu forma de amar

Tu forma de abrazar

Tú, mil veces tú

John and Ringo pictured leaving the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea on the 13th November 1963. The Beatles had stayed their the previous night after cancelling their Portsmouth show when Paul collapsed with gastric flu. (George also came down with the flu and Ringo looked a bit peaky when they were interviewed on the 12th. John’s clearly fine though!)