Breath

Breath,
that vital wind
life's very rhythm
its essence...
In and out
automatic
an elixir, ether
air
sustenance.
Without it there's only death,
with it,
possibility
growth
creation.
Focus it, steady it
as in meditation
or therapy
learn to control it
like singers and athletes
the anxious and depressed
slow and easy
without force
feel it, this living
through lips, lungs
into every pore,
to fingers and toes...
Inhale and exhale
this vibrancy,
life itself.