Breathe

Inhale the rhythm
Exhale the rhyme
All in a perfect 4x4 time signature
As I walk, this is the pace
Isolated in my own time and space
As natural a reflex as one step
After another
Words flow in perfect harmony
Over and over
Every step, another verb, adjective
Or conjunction
An everyday exercise, mind and lungs
Performing the same function
Heart pumping sentences, fragmented
Bent and twisted run-ons and paragraphs
Indented
Sonnets, essays and poems of love
That change with the leaves

This is my breath ya’ll
This is how I breathe, this is how I breathe