We Were Made to Breathe

At the end of the day the most faithful question always remains

Our wayward minds scale mountains to find

The pinnacle of truth and time

Alas! With a gasp, as always when reason comes to pass

In our minds we can see why it is we're made to be

Why our running feet kick up clouds of dirt

Why hatred masks love on this earth

Lies cloud our sight

The truth we aren't meant to see:

We were made to breathe

Do as you wish

Count the seconds, minutes, hours

None of it will give you power

Your wrist watch and tick tocks are nothing more 

Than a metronome setting pace to the symphony that is life

The music you must face

Across smoke filled rooms we glance away

But all the words those sly looks convey

Linger in the air and seep into our skin

We sit there, breathing it in

Even when the air is empty in the thick black night

That yesterday springs forth and with it a sigh

The lingering scent of where your lover slept

The true measure of your lungs' depth

The warm familiar wisp of baking sweets

Smog clinging to city streets

Joy in your loved ones' eyes

The kind that makes the corners of your mouth rise

Be it relief or surprise

Remember the gasp of breath it was followed by

Never forget...

We came into this world the same as we leave

We were made to breathe

Reviews

[heartsinice]

Makes me really think how fast life can pass you by, and makes me think to take in all the little things that amount to the larger things. You can lose sight of all that. Beautiful poem!!!

[Lisa]

I loved every bit of this poem. "We came into this world the same as we leave, we were made to breathe" beautiful.