Arlene Corwin writes

Slowed Motion

Slowed motion

Gives you time to feel,

Time to observe

Instead of reeling round with verve

And upset nervous systems

Setting up a curve 

That lead to nemesis.

Slowed motion is a key

To subtle brilliancy and insights

On dark nights

When flights of fancy

Fake and take…

Stomach squeezed, stomach breathed;

Jiggled hips, wriggled toes;

Who knows what? Perhaps the nose;

Elbows pressed: in, out, back, down,

Leading collarbone to fast become

A flattened beauty, which in turn

Moves shoulders, both, the one

For-, backward, in- external.

Hands supporting or at rest,

Pushing so that biceps harden.

And if you are working best,

Triceps also get their job done.

Nature’s principles in push and pulls.

Burned calories, earned benefits.

Stretches, creases, pulls, releases

Worked on in their opposites.

Managed slowly, consciously, 

The slowed down works to our advantage,

For the language of the mind

Likes one thing undistracted, done, 

And that, alone. 

Opposites attract

And that’s a fact!