A breath lifts birds into flight
A breath gives strength to all life
The wind carries your body to journey’s end
A journey that does not bend, one will not pretend
You breathe alone
You breathe in good company
You breathe at home
You choke on one’s suffering
Left in the cold, you beg to come in
Always you’re told, is this how to live?
You climb the highest peak
You kneel on the shore
Finding the right words to speak
Begging life, pleading for more
Is this the life you expected?
Is this your dream perfected?
Why are you lost, why are you left in,
This place,
This stage,
This room?
You breathe, you can’t find your breath
You breathe, lost in regret
You breathe, not knowing what’s left
You breathe, as prayers are now debt
Words are formed, like a cluster of birds
With purpose or so it seems
Unified to those who speak
Tied to all, strong or weak
And so you leave your room and breathe
And so you fly, with the birds you see
