I took in a deep breath today,
inhaling in the cold air
of the coming winter
through my mouths
and
through my
nostrils

as the volume built within me
my chest grew

outward
outward
outward

my chest went

deep within it
a bubble of confidence
and enlightenment
floated about,
flooding my mind
with its
intoxicating
gases

the high was marvelous

the deep, if fleeting, unity
with the universe that comes
as one stands, eyes half
closed, and breathes
in the gray clouds
that seem to go on
forever

taking one last whiff
of all this greatness,
I breath out

in one short gasp
all that ecstasy escapes
as white, foggy
haze

it disappears instantly,
leaving me only with a world
in need of fixing,
one which I can only change
within the confines of my
seemingly all-powerful
imagination