Breathe

Thank you,

for the one who taught me how to breathe, 

especially when it gets tough.

When I want to brace and forget where I am.

Thank you

for showing me that I’m here.

That it’s okay and there is always another—

It’s love, you say.

Just breathe, you say.

Slow down

—okay.

I remember. I remember

this dream we’ve set asunder amongst the God and Goddess skies and delicate smiles.

Here you are. Here I am.

Thank you for showing me, reflecting 

the depths within me. To know 

it’s all going to be alright. Okay.

Breathe. Just breathe.

I am here. I am clear.

Your foresight allowed our hearts

to sail about the feathers we grow

and continue to sow. Fly away,

farther beyond—but remember to breathe 

with me, you say,

We are one bird, two parts,

two halves of one set.

Two wholes of the Beloved met.

The light that receives and gives.

The sight that allows and forgives.

Innerstanding, so withstanding.

Eternal flow unfolding.

A story of love never withholding.