deep breath

I catch myself writing about
breath as often as I find myself catching my breath
and I know I should not say
such a cheesy little thing,
but really it is so cheesy
that maybe I should feel myself a bit embarrassed
or find myself undone by my own laziness.

Either way I have been submerging myself in new universes
lately,
ones where I don’t need to breath
so the catching isn’t as high stakes as
it was before.

I know I keep writing about losing it,
but it’s mostly hyperbole,
mostly mocking myself
at arms length.

It’s the humor I know,
the humor I think is funniest
only sometimes.

Others it is too close to home.

Oh, this is a sweet little thought.

This is a sweet moment of pause.

I savor, I savor, I savor.

8/12/2021