the breathing is informing the writing

(i literally wrote each verse line between my breaths, taking conscious note of breath, thought and the writing hand)

i write according to my breath

aaah

a deep in

aaah

and a deep out

aaah

get a rhythm in the inflow

aaah

and get a release in the outflow

in this one sentence i see the blue skies of my soul

and in this outbreath i see the rushed footsteps

of wanting-to-let-go

one sentence and the next

aaah aaah

with the in comes the expectation,

the hope, the balance of air

on the tightrope of thought

aaah aaah

let me breathe, please let me breathe

like swimming underwater

i hold my breath throughout the verse-line

aaah aaah

come on, don't breathe mid-sentence

aaah aaah

more than tightroping,

this is hanging on for dear life

aaah aaah

i can only write so fast

and think so fast before my breath runs out...

aaah aaah

measure           pace   each   phrase     with      flowing        elegance

aaah aaah

this is not emptying-the-mind-exercising

aaah aaah

this is tuning and toning the brainflow of poetry

aaah aaah

what could i have done without the

aaah aaah

without the

aaah aaah

there'd be no life

no outflow

aaah aaah

clinging onto the pen

while the breath lasts

aaah

my mind begins to empty

with this breath

aaah

am i getting lazy, sleepy

to create the next thinking, poetic breath?

aaah aaah

interesting to watch how the breathing

is informing the writing

aaah aaah

this is literal conscious breathing

aaah

so fully conscious of the in-breath

that it makes sentences come

floating in on my dizziness

aaah aaah

be kind to your breathing

be kind to your organs of breath

aaah

don't force the breath

let it hang

suspend itself on the top of your metaphor

aaah aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

that was a long breath

aaaaaaaah

beautiful circle of the in and out

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

in and out merges

and this poem

simply

becomes

one

breath

of

life