My Bodyguard by Paula Hackett
Listen to Paula Hackett's My Bodyguard. spoken word poetry by clicking the link below. https://soundcloud.com/paula-hackett-295986251/my-bodyguard My Bodyguard Losing balance losing my balance across the floor or against a wall. My body follows along always finding a structure to hit, slide or crawl across. Something is tipping the balance. The brain a likely culprit. Or maybe gravity itself having a little fun with me. Maybe life is trying to kick itself free from me. But before a decision is made, a diagnosis, a doctor or a way to nail down my balance is decided, maybe a new event will take place. My balance and I will join together as we float, glide, and prepare for our body to take us dancing, one step after another. BIO: Paula Hackett's poetry is influenced by her life experiences growing up in Berkeley during the vibrant and explosive 60's. The daughter of novelist Paul Hackett, she studied under John Beecher, Angela Davis an...