Whales

Like a whale breaching the surface

she dwells underwater, surfacing

for brief moments and returning to the depths 

when she surrenders to fluidity

fluid becomes her support 

the only medium where the whale can truly live

she dominates her kingdom but isn’t predatory

she remains calm

she does not hunt for food 

she knows where to be 

there, opening her massive jaws and filtering out what she shouldn’t eat 

when the environment is no longer fruitful, she migrates

sensing and replenishing from the source

and it’s definitely not land 

It’s the ocean.

look
into
the basin
fully alive
deep water
tanden
home

— Lisa Stryoan

my

practice

in the rain

is magical

tai chi chih

by the 

pool

drops

of rain

make circles

in the water

as the chi

ripples

flows
— Terry Gay Puckett

feet

sinking

into the 

hawaiian sand

remind me

to root

feet

— KayRydeen