Mantra Bella+Canvas 3001 The student who needs the

The student who needs the modification but won't ask for it

diamond stars scattered through the night sky

She doesn't need to fix it or change it or make it mean something

sun rays exploding outward in every direction

teeth on your hem

Mantra Bella+Canvas 3001 The student who needs theThe word precedes everything. Before the breath. Before the pose. Before the silence settles there is the word. She carries it like a seed in her chest. She doesn't speak it. She becomes it. Some women collect crystals. Some collect philosophies. She collects the words that hold her together when nothing else can. She has one tattooed on her ribs. She has one written on a Post it above her desk. She repeats one in the dark, when the world gets loud