Back to the Middle

Back to the Middle

I am standing right here, right now.

I lean forward onto the balls of my feet
Becoming aware of what is in front of me,
Of all I can see.

I lean backward onto my heels
Becoming aware of what is behind me,
Of all I do not see.

And back to the middle

What a miracle, to live inside this physical body!
This body that is itself a metaphor for what it is to be human.

Anterior, posterior
Superior, inferior
Medial, lateral
Bilaterally symmetrical through the sagittal plane.

Allowing for the gesture E

Enkindling uprightness I stretch for the stars.
Enkindling awareness I reach for the earth.
Keeping one eye on the heavens and one eye on the earth
Bilateral symmetry allowing for stereoscopic vision
To see both
At the same time.

And back to the middle

Now I am on the see-saw with you.
Moving up down, up down, up down, up down
All the while watching you
Move down up, down up, down up, down up.

Through the syncopation,
Becoming aware of the sagittal plane between us
As we each pass through
That point of neither up nor down
At the same time.

Your eye and my eye
Allowing for the stereoscopic vision of the universe.

And back to the middle