03 December 2012

the strongest thing i've ever known

so soft
i hold my finger against my
upper lip and can barely feel it
even then

even then
it carries the weight
of a whisper, and it is
the strongest thing i've ever known
gently reminding me that when

it leaves
i am
no more


Breath

image by Linde M on flickr

4 comments:

Jan said...

Thank you.

Ciona said...

thanks for taking time to read it, Jan!

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm.like breath and water...like breath and water...like breath...breath...yeah.

Anonymous said...

Love this.