Two Breaths, Uniting

Your breath is peace
Into my heart, into my lungs…
Into my life,
Finding the depth of me, finding…

What is often gone, missing, absent,
As I vanish, as I fade… away, away…
Then you! You, my full presence,
My best friend, my growing peace.

And so you are becoming me,
But not just me… the best of me,
And I you. We are becoming ourselves,
And we are becoming, together, this life... in joy, in hope, in love.

My head clears, my body breathes
Because you are near it,
Because you fully hear it,
Because you desire me… and I you.

So much left, so much life, so much… together.
Roaming the corners of earth,
Roaming... each other. Together. Long after…
All of this. We will be. We will love. We will become…

Together. Our hearts. Our lives. Our breath.
And we will sing our own tunes,
From our own instruments, our own bodies,
Our own callings, our own lives… Together.

(Feb. 13, 2004)