Breathe in, breathe out
walk to the end of the driveway, grab the paper,
cook breakfast, fill early morning with eggs & oregano.
Breathe in, breathe out
decide it’s time to go, take too long to leave,
mosey down the jetbridge at the sound of last boarding call.
Breathe in, breathe out
run to get the phone before it quits ringing,
give directions to a misplaced tourist on Fifth Avenue.
Breathe in, breathe out
dip a child’s toes in the ocean for the first time,
throw up off the side of a deepsea fishing boat
Breathe in, breathe out
survive cancer,
amputation,
sepsis.
Breathe in, breathe out
imagine a future.
Breathe in, breathe out
call someone to talk to.
Breathe in, breathe out
wrap its arms around another.
Breathe in, breathe out
until its finished.
Until it can’t anymore.
