What is the breath of life? What is the life of breath? Before us the Earth was barren, only air before breath. After us, we do not know, but it may become barren again. Life inhales. Air becomes breath. Death exhales. We are the breath while it’s held in Earth’s lungs. We exist only in this instant, until our spirits are released into air.
This poem was originally written as part of the Poetry Fishbowl project, posted as a free poem on The Wordsmith's Forge.