Defining Breath

On audio here

To define breath
is like trying to write
poetry

Poetry is the wind
she is the ocean
lapping waves
smashing against rock and slate
dirt and Earth

She is the native tongue
of those who have come before us
who have fought and died
who have written of struggle
beauty
life 
and death

simultaneous

To attempt to catch
a solitary drop of rain
as she cries, the sky,
as eagles clash mid flight
scrying words
in cirrus
falling in ecstasy

is poetry

It is the ultimate sacrifice of the spirit
the selfless giving of the heart
the utmost altar
upon it
a cup of poison

To attempt to define
breath

is like writing 
 
poetry. 



© Susan Marie 2013 


[Thank you Theron]