Jaws

Today is acupuncture treatment #3.  Already I have learned new things by paying attention to new things.  It seems I store tension in my jaw.  Jaw exercises have not been part of visits to the physician or therapy or working out twice a week.  Maybe the dentist might have said something, but I don*t grind my teeth at night, so probably not.  It*s not a surprise that blocked ears and blurry eyes might have some relation to tense jaw. It*s all connected, after all.  Meanwhile, I open and close my mouth like a fish, and remember that a smile might be therapeutic to me, as well as those I encounter.

Already I learn new things:

It seems the tension in my jaw

Contributes to blocked ears,

Blurred eyes.

When I exercise my jaw

By smiling,

Whenever I remember

To smile,

The world lightens

My ears clear

The blur that still remains

Softens to new possibility.

When I pay enough attention

To open and close my mouth

Like a fish,

Usually in private,

My ears clear,

My eyes

 Seek out

New things.