You taught me to breathe...

You taught me to breathe under water

Through blood red windowpanes of agony

Illusions faded and reality blossomed

Clouds of blue on grey skies, reversal of primal truth

Freedom for constriction...

Strength for inability...

Power for helplessness...

Warring peace, a Soul's dichotomy.

Tethered to solid vapors, never more safe

Moving through sand, pushing the mountains

He was right: they move at soft command

My chest rises and falls, thoughts roll not race

Light pushes darkness away, forming space inside me

Loving comes easily, no need for heart-shaped bandages

Sweet provision of life I crave, though not air

Living is sweet, not a burden

Sleep comes without threat...

Dreams are sought, not feared...

Waking brings no doomsday premonition...

Lost things are best released, even precious baby dolphins

The sun stilll rises and ageless boulders sing of peace...

...since you taught me to breathe under water.