Breath

Breath—

not so much lack 

of permission

but weight of atmosphere

drives

into unwilling

lungs what they would

expel.

Unhurried

unwilling air

draws us from this

moment

to the next, building

bridges between the

seconds—

where time would stop

or pivot and move

back—

pushed ahead now

by a whisper

softer than sound—

breath.

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