Breathe

bre(ad)ath negates ex(amples)istence
of air. Lifted dia(grams)phragms of a
pen(cil, scribbling)dulum swinging (left, right, left).
Ticking seconds wafting in your head. In(fer
no)hale. Ex(pose)hale. Calm de(ad)down,
I tell you.
S(hit)it and ca(pture)atch your bre(ath)ad.

L(ife)ive on the road of written words
whe(reas)rein every le(sson)tter is d(eath)aily
bre(ad)ath. Paper is blanket. Ink is
b(lot)lood.

L(eave)ive, (w)ri(ght)te, breathe. This is
a footprint, its depths unfathomable. Give me a smile.
St(upid)rokes c(arved)urving here is what you are.
Like you, I am here. I am there in that sp(ook)ace,
w(rithing)aiting, bre(aking)athing,

at l(ost)ast.