Hanuman asana

How the monkey god
gets on one knee
and stretches his hands into the sky
fingers intertwined.

I imagine Hanuman
yearning skyward
his torso long

face beautifully benign
crimsoned
under a bright sun.

Further and further
I inch my upright knee
forward from my ankle

so my reach heavenward
feels fulfilling.

This is how Hanuman
knelt before Rama
before launching
his rescue mission,

his adventure of
flying across the sea
racing against time
to contain evil

by finding the jewel
of Rama's eye
make it his own--

reverence, his code.