what is a breath?

 

What is a breath?

inhale

exhale

coffee scented

oxygen untethered

gasping,  gulping, gift

panting, puffing

sighs, whispers

inhale

exhale

each a treasure

a miracle

breathtaking wonder

glimmer of a cloud

flutter of a wing

inhale

exhale

petal of a rose

filling moments

moving measures

waking

dreaming

inhale

exhale

visions

inspiration

ventilation

laughter

sobs

inhale

…exhale….

 

Author's Note

I'm trying to learn to value each breath a little more... and what takes your breath away...

Reviews

[TamiViolet]

And when you're short of breath, you really appreciate that oxygen rush...lol. I say this in humour although I'm quite serious...

Such lovely images that take one's breath away... Coffee brewing and a hot shower... These things take my breath away... Oh, and Lake Erie just before sunset... And floating atop a wandering current... And an October moon...
And looking into my daughter's big, brown eyes....and my son's....grey like the down of the dove... And...

You asked, yes?

Now I shall...
inhale...
exhale...

And smile at you, my poet friend, for writing with such beauty.... :-) Thanks for making me smile...yet again...

[cest la vie]

Delicious...Delectable...Breath..
Yes, each breath must be savored and appreciated..Simply my favorite piece of yours (as of today):-)

[Brianna Brie]

I like the style in which you write. It amazes me how you take one word lines and make them so impacting. Another fabulous write by you!

[Lena M. P.]

You did an excellent job of it. The very essence of life is each breath we take. Our memories are so geared to the sense to smell what we breath. Nicely written.

[::Yv0nne::]

Well i have to say...it takes , my breath away :) Another great one i have to say. Everything you described, every smell, every breath, i smelled and i breathed in and out in and out....