Everything Breathes

Everything breathes. Stones and atoms. Birds and trees. Sweeping along. Rise and fall. Vibrational rhythms. Frequency. Everything you want it to be. Slow down. Tune in. Tap out. Fall to canvass and don’t get up. Smell sweat. Old leather. Melt. Join. Move in time. Groove. Through the room. Not jagged. Not rushed. Not anything. But. Just. Monumental Valleys snaking through carpet. Cutting the rug. Past old women sharing one pipe and one jug. Let it go. Join flow. Hum. Don’t run away. Hurry toward. A promise. Every new breath is a chance to get it right. Right? Maybe. Keep them all in sight. Open box. Pleasures and delight. Gift wrapping. Plastic packaging. Whoever heard of such a thing? Can’t eat it. Can’t play it. Can’t wear it. Throw it away. Tomorrow’s another day. Right? Perhaps. But. Fading. Into dark. Colors lost. Damn the cost! Subliminal melody. All is one till none is more. Breathe in. Event horizon. Gravity’s claw. Heaven’s door. Breathe out. Bringer of light. Pillar. Jet. Into night. Explosion quietly fading. Into song. Into trees. Hands on knees. Rocking back and forth. Searching to and fro. In free fall. No more. Let it go. Join flow. Hum. Folded note tucked between pages. Instructions. Diagrams. A secret treasure map. Ahoy! To high seas. Fair wind. And. A thousand flying geese. Scraping blue canopy. And. Maelstrom. Swirling green. Frothy. Angry. And. Away. Angled. Sharp. Toward a path. On an island. Make land. Plant flag. For country and king. God save the savages! And the gifts they’ll bring. Untold wonders. Of shells and beads. Threaded into hair. Go. Wherever it leads. Gone native. Please leave a message. Will return call later. Could be. Actually. Quite a while. Might be. In fact. Never. Or something close to that. Get intuition back. Spy. Old women with one pipe and one jug. Shadows. Fire. Midnight flight. Transports for hire. Cutie. Join the circle. Don’t be shy. Pass the pipe and jug. We call this place a snug. Good place to congregate. Drink. Pray. Play. And, you know. Time slows. Blurred reality. Sinking. What’s in that pipe? Fall to knees. And. That jug? Enjoy the ride, Sweetie. Can’t keep all that stuff inside. Oohwee! Look at ‘em go. Dissolving the way. Fading from sight. Releasing. Tremulous rumors. Into night. But. Joyous fact. Replacing that. Join the flow. Welcome back.

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