Breathe the breath of life
for as long as you can,
savour it,
like chocolate milk ---
it is the most precious
material possession
you will ever gain,
and it is made material
each time it enters
your fleshly chassis-chalice.
Breath brings light
to dull brain corridors,
brings wings
to sunken hearts,
brings song
to stale dull words.
Breath is sacred;
it is
our communion feast,
the food we share
daily
hourly
minutely
secondly
instantly
now
with the rest of the world.
Breathe deep,
friend,
and recognize each
moment
is sacrimental.
