This is the poem Asanas by author and poet Traci L. Slatton. Traci L. Slatton is the author of several novels, including Immortal, Broken, The Year of Loving, and Fallen. Her poetry book is titled "Dancing in the Tabernacle."
ASANASby Traci L. Slatton
My hat warned of twisting postures
breathlessness
an old rag, really, but after a quarter century
imbued with my fondness.
It was suddenly gone, vanished
as if it had never been yet it was
full of my cranium, and my hair, and various
dreams that had rattled through while it wore me
A pair of sunglasses featured
in favorite photos, me kissing my little daughter
growing in front of my eyes
asking to board away at a distant school
posing
next to my friend the blonde Countess
she of evanescent visits
All that is
transient
even my yoga
studio closed, the community
and the classes I enjoyed
the shala of my heart
a pair of suede boots my husband bought me. Will I ever find
them again?
all that is
ephemeral
like the close touch of a mate who has shed
himself
over another woman,
younger than me,
and that faith misplaced
along with haberdashery and footwear and other
miscellany, even people.
Another warrior, a longer dog, a deeper backbend
to open my heart.
I move through until the body trembles denying
myself reprieve.
It is loss that is union.
Traci L. Slatton is the international bestselling author of historical, paranormal, and romantic novels. Traci is also a filmmaker with Superhuman Film Productions.
