Stop for a Second

Listen very carefully - -
What do you hear?

Stop and count each sound.

Taste the air - -
It swirls around you,
Within your lungs.

Breathe - breathe,

Feel the swelling - -
Of your lungs,
The strength of oxygen,
In your blood.

The pulse - pulse - pulse

Of life surrounding - -
Your bones, muscles, and breath,
Breathe and listen,
Breathe and feel.

What do you hear?
What do you know?