I breathe in…
The sights and smells
Of this city
I’ve come to know…
So well
I gaze…
Across the turquoise ocean
Where the waves
Liberate my spirit…
From its shell

I breathe in…
The brilliant sky line
Where the birds
Emerge shyly
From the dappled sunshine
I breathe in…
The gently…
Blowing winds
That soothe me
Like a mother, around her child

I breathe in…
The sounds of laughter
Pure and pretty
Like the golden-green butterfly
I’m always after
I breathe in…
The closeness,
I have always shared
With people,
Who almost knew me,
Almost cared

I breathe in…
The comfort
Of my home,
The safe walls,
The scents of childhood
On the pillows
I breathe in…the silence
Of my own heart
Aching with tenderness…
With memories..
Of home

I breathe… in…
The fragrance
Of love, and moist sand
The one…
His roses left…
On both my hands
And I just keep on breathing
Every moment
As much as I can
Preserving it, in my body
For the day
It can’t

So I breathe in..
Once again..
Feeling life’s energy
Fizzing through my cells
Never knowing
What awaits me
Or what’s going to happen to me..
Next
I breathe in
This moment…
Knowing it’s either life
Or it’s death
I close my eyes,
And breathe in
Just believing in myself.