If ya gonna breathe
Breathe deep
Open up your mind and heart but self-control you keep
Don’t reveal too much about yourself
quantify and measure
Like fine aged wine___intoxicating
sip sweetly at your leisure
The pure essence of you is precious, like deep rich soil unearthed
Your spirit must needs see the light of day for this is how you’re birthed
You must learn how to breathe my friend for the journey last many moons
Irritated you’ll ask, “When will it end?!” and you’ll hear a whole heap of “soons”
God knows
I know that you’ll get scared but the fear, it isn’t real
Just breathe in deep
Trust yourself
it’s a power you alone must feel
Advice is cheap
Everyone offers
do this do that hang tough
But who’s with you at 4am when it don’t work and times are fucking rough?
Breathe
real
deep
inhale
exhale
the cycle is endless
Following directions (from well-meaning people) left me broken, bruised and friendless
I’ve been there
walked these pavements
I’ve lived I’ve laughed I’ve learned
Spent many years building sturdy bridges that some fool came along and burned
Breathing has sustained me
Breathing has maintained me
Breathing bought me a minute
what’s more sometimes even two
when my foot was positioned on someone’s ass and about to go straight through
It is breath that grounds you
It is breath that surrounds you
It is breath that lets you live
If you can’t breathe deep forget-about-it_____you have little to truly give
Your existence began with breath, it’s a power tried and true
So when you take the time to breathe
you affirm the life in you
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Comments (1)
Love this. So simple and powerful. 💪