Inhaling
air of cold and treachery

Exhaling
air of longing and love

Attempting
grip the stars of infinite exuberance

Failing
return to fraught hypocrites

Mounting
pillars of sound hope

Faltering
reach the luminous sphere

Ceasing
contemplate the gift before me

Relinquishing
tamed tender desires

Accepting
beauty and ugliness

Persistent
cycle of life