3 seconds... maybe 4

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Man... I just keep finding so much depth

inside a single breath!

This time it hit me while I was sitting

on the beach down the shore

in Spring Lake, New jersey.

It was just beyond the throng

of Labor Day beach-going mayhem.

So I actually had room... to breathe!

Here goes...

3 seconds... maybe 4

Sit upon the sand... take a breath... inhale

Fill your lungs with potential

Reach that point of full capacity... 3 seconds... maybe 4

Then begin from the very top of your... head

And slowly commence... ever so slowly... deeply... to exhale

This is where you can find... you... your home

Yet another chance to start a new

Before you lies... yet another... welcoming opened door

As you release

Feel the Tension & Anxiety simply liquify

And drain from your body right down through your feet

Absorbed into the billions of thirsty... thankful... grains of sand

Exhale... release

Sense that line of T & A descending down within you... leaving you

Reaching your neck... chest... waist... your legs

Until the line of T & A is gone... completely... gone

Don't move... 3 seconds... maybe 4

Do you feel your life once again awaken inside of you

Go ahead and smile at the site of that wonderful...

Welcoming opened door

You've earned the moment for sure

The calm... the precious... most precious calm

This is... you

This is... home

Dont'choo dare inhale... replenish... no not yet

Eyes remain closed... lids softly touching

Calmness... well... that full throttled calmness continues...

Wide open within you

This is how you can feel... for the rest of your life...

If you choose to

That exhale... that release...

That life restoring negative energy... released

Is easily the thing I most look forward to

And at times... is simply the one constant in my life

And the reason for that wonderful welcoming door

To remain opened... unlocked

Without a doubt... my exhales... my release... my breath...

Not only awakens me... but...

Also doubles as my very own personal...

Wooden wedged-like doorstop

I wish I never had to breathe again

And lose this weightless freedom... but hold on...

Perhaps instead of just digesting yet another meaning-less...

Empty breath

But a pathway towards oxygenating a hungry flow

Of red and white cells

I transform every single one... every... single... one

Into this freedom

A natural and most effective defense to battle back...

And even attack

The daily pitfalls in which we encounter... aka...

The dreaded and uninvited... T & A

One after another... and another... go ahead take another...

Meaning-ful... breath

This could quit possibly transform... so effortlessly

Your entire... length of stay

Okay now... take that next breath... 3 seconds... maybe 4

Will it lead you towards a glorious calm

Or will it send you back out into a raging... relentless...

T & A storm

Meaning-less... or... meaning-ful... the choice is yours