How can I explain
What lives, imperfectly
Encoded in synapse, muscle, bone?
Words fail
“The lunge is thus
The arm extends, just so
The knee remains above the toe”
I fumble to explain
Language is a feeble conduit
My blade conveys much more than nouns and verbs
Your eyes can hear much more than I can speak
This, this action, tension, angle, spring
Just watch
Let lessons sink into the mirror of your mind
Transmute into memory of acts that were not yours
But could have been, and will be in a future past
When you surpass me with your graceful acts
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I think you've hit upon something very true here - it's hard to explain actions that you've been doing so long that they're second nature to you. It's so easy to forget what it's like to be new to all of this!
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