BREATH:

Breath blown by God into newborn´s tender lung,

Whilst on high an orchestra of angels joyfully sung,

This breath that gave the babe his new begun life,

The same breath he´d need to deal with life´s strife.

Into spirits sad & low, the joyous breath must blow,

Allowing merry laughter to lift again & softly flow,

It´s the satiny air around you, breathed in silky mist,

When you wave farewell & blow him softly blown kiss.

Breath is bestowed, in the oath of undying given love,

Sent within envelopes of prayer to smiling God above,

It´s in complicit, secret & cloistered breathy whispers,

Shared between heavy breathing lovers & trusty sisters.

And at the end of the living´s tired & very heavy sighing,

At that very special moment of breath´s lingering dying,

The old ones, in their finality of imminent & due death,

Put hands together in gratitude, breathing out last breath.