Tree pose is my favorite
in the midst of heat and sweat
after falling or feeling faint
of slipping and searching for an end in sight.
I will always get up for tree pose
balanced on one leg is the only way I’m stable
through shaking and doubt
I will always balance
my roots are strong in the ground
even though I sway.
Some days in hot yoga
I am strong like a goddess
I breathe and move correctly
sweating like a champion
feeling like the yoga princesses of Instagram
like the woman who goes every day
in her matching lululemon
looking like a young woman
but only up close do you see less of her youth.
Some days I am faint
and my body doesn’t listen,
even when I can’t tell what’s wrong
and I lie on my mat defeated
in a puddle of my miserable sweat
but I still stand up for tree pose
Too Far From the Sun 