Joyful Ruins

My very breath

teaches me

how to let go

I breathe in life

The stress of the week

The joys of relationships

I take it all in

Becoming part of me

affecting my system

but breathing teaches me

to let it go

I cannot hold my breath for long

before I am in discomfort

and my very life depends on

exhale

My breath

teaches me

that all I breathed in

must be breathed out

and with my exhale

a sense of release

of protection

of loosening

Letting go happens

Shoulders untense

Chest falls

Relief

And the process repeats

also teaching me

that holding on

and letting go

are constant

just as my breath is