Thanks to Phyllis Cole-Dai for posting a writing prompt and WAGE PEACE by Judyth Hill.
Breathe in suffering
Breathe out healing.
Breathe in bad
Breathe out good.
Breathe in sadness
Breathe out happiness.
If only it was that simple.
If only you could transform the evils of the world
and your demons,
By simply breathing them in
And exhaling peace and goodness.
If only.
Yet we keep doing it
We have to.
We breathe in and out,
Filling and emptying our lungs
in a rhythm that keeps us alive.
If we get upset,
Someone might tell us
Take a deep breath
Blow it out slowly
Breathe in, breathe out.
Like breathing can cure our problems.
Huh.
Breathe in, breathe out,
Metaphor
or
Calming mechanism.
Oxygen in
Carbon dioxide out..
When you stop breathing
You die.
Breathe in, breathe out
Until your last breath.
That isn't a metaphor.
That's reality.
That's life.
