Pulse and breath are sacredly conjoined

working interactively together

every nano-second, life-long.

Not a case of this or that.

One does not exist without the other.

 

Breath in!

So the heart’s muscle propels the blood

rushing through the weirs of its locks

swelling the chambers

with the gush of its percussion;

telling the story in our wrists,

in the glow in the eye, cheeks a’flush.

 

Breathe out!

pulsing the tide on and around

bringing the nutrients of light for life

to every cell and synapse,

while carrying away for recycling

 that which has done its bit;

back to the soil, by grace of the alchemy

of the trees

 - to grow more leaves, more fruit,

sieving the dancing air, enabling

the glorious sun to fire our hearts.

 

When the outside air

meets the breath of the innerly spirit,

 like the collision with racing waters

 in an explosion of spray and rainbows,

it merges and blends in exultation

forming a river of purest power;

not only nourishing the local banks

but affecting connecting systems

far and wide.

 

Breathe for your soul, O human!

For the very life of all;

every child, plant, creature, kingdom

in every heart-centred breath.