Beneath my breath

photo by blanca rovira

refusing to allow my body /
to breathe in its own easy, natural way //

stopping my breath somewhere along the road /
i kept walking /
stopping my breath somewhere along the road /
never seeing the monsters behind me /
never feeling what was there //

more times than i knew / i was not aware /
of that which was left to mourn /
pain and suffering that came along //

there is an empty road on the way home /
in bed / stopping my breath /
asking: what is left //

beneath my breath /
where everything comes back / to be repaired /
monsters hiding under my bed //

my body insists i breathe //

becoming aware / of what was always there /
aware of the monsters that needed care  //

here i am /
yet again /
in Your Light /
through my breath /
having become aware //

© Todd Emerson Greenberg 09/12/2025