We give our lives to

Dreams that will never come true

We give our lives to

Memories that can never be relived

We give our lives to

Fears that are merely phantoms,

like fog that lifts when the sun shines on it

We give our lives to

Beliefs in things we read or hear about from others

but have no basis in our own experience

When will we awaken to

what is Real

what is Here

what is Now

We believe in Time

But we live only once

One breath at a time

No breath can be retrieved once it is spent

Because it is gone into the past which is no more

No breath can be bought from the future

Because the future does not yet exist

What we have is

This breath

Now

Here

And

consciousness

gratitude

love

Life is a gift

To recognize

To receive

To enjoy

To celebrate

To live

Just breathe

july 2021