Breathe In

Breathe in through the heart

The warm red knows what to 

Do with nitrogen, oxygen

Other gases

Beating us alive

Water supports breath

Moving oxygen and hydrogen

Into organs, muscles, bone, skin

Know what to do 

Carrying nutrients and oxygen

To cells, moistens, protects

The bodies of all beings

Full of life

Without water

Beings might blow away

Dry swirls of wind

Perhaps burned up 

By the wildfires of

Our dark and shiny

Shadows

Fire needs oxygen

Carbon dioxide, water

Nitrogen, oxygen

Supporting life of bodies

At times and

Incinerating them

Laughingly or ragefully
At other times

Soil, Mother Earth, dirt

A system of solids

Liquids, gases

Mixing organic matter

Minerals, and organisms 

Supporting life

Soil can dampen

And destroy fires

Needs air and water

Both daylight and nighttime

Thriving to breathe in

The Energy of Spirit 

Through the heart

Spirit as Source

Creator

Redeemer

Offering regeneration

Rebirth, transformation

To all living beings

Bodies as vessels to hold

Vehicles to carry

Spaces to share

Air, water, fire, earth

Breathe in through the heart

Transforming all the elements

And processes

Into Love