Day Seventy-three

Today's words:

Leech

Lemon

Mat

Drum

Ego

Store

Time is a leech,

Sucking the blood of youth and replacing it with the lemon

Juice of old age. Time to take that namaste feeling off the mat

And stop listening to the drum

Of your ego.

You can't store

Time; it's use it or lose it, and my store

Of patience is at an end. I'd like to leech

A bit of pride from your ego

And apply it to mine, like a squirt of lemon

Juice on a salad, or a drum

Roll in a crescendo - just adding to what's already on the mat.

Now roll up your mat

And store

It away. Listen to the drum

Beat of your pulse. Don't let anxiety leech

Away your self-confidence on this lemon-

Yellow day. Listen to your ego

For once. Yes, I know I said to ignore your ego

Before, but that was back in practice, on the mat.

Now you need it, like you need a lemon

To brighten certain flavors. Let's go to the store

And see if we can find one. It's like applying a leech

To draw out a poison. The beat of the drum

Will help you to focus, while I softly drum

My fingers on your temples to ease your ego

And leech

Out stress. Now lie back on your mat

For savasana. What's in store

Next is a glass of water with a squirt of lemon.

The lemon

Will help purify your body, while the drum

Will help release the tension you store

In your ego.

This time on the mat

Acts as a leech

For the sour lemon ego

Toxins, while the sound of the drum allows you to relax on your mat

As I store away the leech.