Breathing

Breathing

Breathe in.  Breathe out.

One.

Breathe in.  Breathe out.

Two.

Breathe in.  Breathe out.

Three.

   Breath after breath
       put end to end
          strung together, one after another

a chronic chain breather

filling each moment

    consciously unconsciously           
    structure                      

              chaos                                                           

breath                     

until the last bit of air is drawn in

                                        until life is exhaled

                                                                   until a lifetime is fulfilled

Three.

Two.

One.

"untitled" 8.29.11, 11:18p.m.

When death is imminent
and darkness looms
We can let go and face
    the night with adventure in our hearts
with light inside our soul

When misery floods
    our very gates
and despair howls on our doorstep
We will stand with laughter on our lips
       a song within our eyes

People will see this
  and some will say,
"That gives me hope,
     to go on another day."

Others will look and declare,
  "What the FUCK are they on?"

Still others will understand
    and join in the adventure
the light, the laughter,
         the song

in a show of solidarity
    to the
indomitable human spirit
that drives us to go on

Other Side of Tomorrow

I'll see you on the other side of tomorrow

I'll take your hand and we'll both walk through the sorrow

The path looks dark and the way's unclear

It seems there's no end in sight and we're full of fear

But I know we'll make it to the other side of tomorrow   

When the winds of change make us think we've lost our way

We'll stand our ground and let the tempest rage

And we'll both be on the other side of tomorrow

We’re just tiny specks

of insignificant somethingness

flying through time & space on

a journey to nothingness

Reaching for the stars

before they’re snatched from our grasp

So I reach for your hand

knowing we’re going to follow this adventure together

even as we stand alone

on the other side of tomorrow

We’ll hoist future generations onto our shoulders

lifting them to heights we couldn’t even dream

And through them achieve immortality

On the other side of tomorrow

I'll take your hand and we'll both walk through
to the other side of tomorrow

YouTube Link to "Other Side of Tomorrow"

Re-Forming Me

Re-Forming Me

I am standing my ground
            as the tempest roars

It swirls around me
                        threatening to rend my spirit from my soul
            to shred all of time and space
to rip the essence of my being from the very fiber of my existence

I breathe in the chaos
tasting bitter
                  choking dust
            drawing in every last bit
knowing
            there has to be clean air somewhere on the other side
  sucking for my last gasping breath

Until there is nothing for me to do but exhale

I hold onto it a bit longer
terrified that the exhalations will
            redefine destruction
as the chaos
                        exits
         my being

I open my mouth to
            PUSH OUT
                        the enraged roar building
              within the inhaled
                    whirlwind
        held within my core

And

out flow blessings
out flows new growth
out flows sweet water
out flow fresh winds of change

I empty my lungs and turn myself
            inside out
to completely clear the murky hurricane
from every darkened doorway
                                    crevice
                                       and pore
of my conscious and unconscious selves

And

I inhale the changed storm
            realigning the regurgitated me
until I am once again whole
                        intact
            complete and

                                                            Still

Standing my ground