Just breathe
Slow and deep
Keep breathing
Take in the air
And release
Your despair
Inhale
Exhale
Keep breathing
You'll prevail

There was love in the trees
There was love in the breeze that blew the leaves too
There was love in my knees
The day I fell for you

There was love in the sky
There was love in the sun that shown upon the earth too
There was love in my eye
When I looked at you

There was love everywhere
And there still is too
It's just that the trees are growing bare
And the sky is no longer blue
But I still have that same look
When I look at you

Moonlight before midnight
Cicadas softly hiss
A sea of crickets chirping
In this darkness
Soft wisps of clouds
Do not hide the stars
In the infinite abyss
They remind us where we are

Lament of the living
Forgiving of death
Blessed with breath
Despite torment of finite time
Faulty by design
Feeling immortal but never divine
Creating sarcophagi
Through material things
We are but fragile
Fragile beings

Doubt is the darkness devoid of light
Doubt is a racecourse with no end in sight
Doubt is an insidious disease with no cure
Doubt is constantly feeling unsure
Doubt is a vacuum without a breeze
Doubt is everything that can never be
Doubt is all of my overwhelming insecurities
Doubt is everything I've ever come to know
But hopeful is what I want to be

From the very beginning we are often writing the ending. Perhaps this is practical in nature if we seek to reach a conclusion but so often we are jumping to conclusions. We are so fixated on determining what is to come that we don't even realize what is happening. We skip over the details attempting comprehension from the subtlety of minute context clues foreshadowing what will be concluded. But,  the devil is in the details.

Who are you?
I ask as I touch your face.
Why are you here?
I enquire as my eyes search this place.
What do you want?
I question as these inklings taunt.
I am a woman who is strong...
Because, I refuse to give up...
To grow...