Breathe in. Breathe out.
Release the remnants of fear and doubt.
Let what remains swirl about.
Kicking up dust and sparking with friction.
Suddenly freed from what has been.
Rapid breathing waking dreams,
a burdened heart tasked with beating.
Rude awakening as each starts to glean.
A reckoning. Then wrestling. Riots and defiance.
This is how noncompliance begins.
Watch in silence as violence is torn.
Releasing all living beings to be reborn,
This faulty reality comes apart at the seams.
In the end, love wins as hatred wanes
and the truth is all that remains,
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Change is coming about.
Rubbed together rough edges to smooth.
Dipped in chilled water the fever is soothed.
This is how you wake sleeping giants
99 degrees, heat rising as we fight the disease.
When motion quits it’s then I freeze.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
My dearest, trust your route.
This is how an alchemist comes about.
Choose the way of refining, it’s always purest.
Release the anguish let peace unfold.
Repurpose the pain, turn it to gold.
Vanquish the dross, it’s loud and insane,
When it runs dry the whisper remains.