How I Live

How I Breathe

By: Meghann Gutierrez

This I believe,

            My life is my breath,

I breathe in the present,

For the present is all I have,

            It’s all I have.

The past is merely a memory,

The future—a dream.

An illusion.

But the present is alive!

Flowing through my body,

Like the oxygen I breathe.

            Breathe in the present.

Smell it’s incents, and—

Before I know it… I’m exhaling,

Moving on to the next breath.

So make that breath last!

Take it in fully!

Feel;

It’s movement!

Feel;

It’s life!

Make that breath last.

For how I breathe,

Is how I live.

Don’t hold your breath,

For the dream,

Or the memory!

And I won’t hold mine.

Be alive with me,

For this I believe,

            Our breath is our life. 

This poem was inspired by:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNblizjuEk