Resting Pose

Resting Pose

In yoga, we rest on our right side

to honor and protect our hearts.

At your place, we sleep on our right sides,

me the little spoon, you the big.

To be this close, breathing together, tangled up

Holding each other, arms and legs …

I keep telling myself we sleep this way

so we can silently drift off

to late night tv…

But really, I’d like to think

we sleep this way,

you and me,

to honor and protect our hearts,

and maybe we partially do… or maybe we partially did. 

Tayler A. Brisbin 2012