My body, 
you are an animal
whose appropriate behavior
is concentration and discipline.

An effort of an athlete, of a saint and of a yogi.

Well trained, you may become for me
a gate
through which I will enter myself

and a gate
through which I will leave myself.

A plumb line to the center of the earth
and a cosmic ship to Jupiter.

My body,
you are an animal
for whom ambition is right.

Splendid possibilities
are open to us.                                                                                               

                           ~Anna Swir