Void (2)

Photo: Geoffrey Dunn

is Body’s Dance

Her weighted hips balanced on toes

trembling in Her calves, burning in Her thighs

tottering, stripped of virtuosity.

Is it wind that pierces

between Her shoulder blades

and shatters Her heart?

Heart-broken, She belies the world.

Full of Dance. Fool of Dance.

Void wind-wisdom.

Truth? God?

Or just a broken-hearted breeze?

-Padma Menon