earthly breath

There is a time to stand tall

A desire not to fall

Legs moving

Hearts pumping

Lungs

Breathing in time

To our unique

Universal heart beat

And yet at times we drag our feet

Or the disappointment and shock

Of what we longed for

So deeply

And lost

Knocks us sideways

Now when I think of how it was

Pinned there for all of that time

Knowing the normal world was still turning without me

How every connection was dependent upon others

Keeping me alive

I must be grateful I survived

How would I know in what ways

The reverberation of that all would replay

In these later years

So that now as I think of you

In that place

Surely there should be some way of trying

To be there

Some simple act of grace

That will allow me to let

Bygones

Be bygones

Please whatever happens

Never forget

That no matter how much you hurt me

You are always in my heart

The world most surely spins

In so many tortured mixed up ways

But the unending heart beat of love

In some ways that never will change

Even after the ones we loved

Who made us hurt so deeply

Have drawn their last

Earthly breath