Motion to Breathe
Traci Neal
My soul/ shines/ with/ the sun/ set to/ warm/ on its/ thermostat/ Life/
leaves/ marks/ branches/ breaking/ Dry out/ catastrophes/ through/ faith/
forecast/ for/ interruption/ remove/ calamity/ end of/ a dial/ tone/ Time/
aches/ when/ it/ feels/ wasted/ Hurt/ rushes/ pushes/ humans/ off/ a/ cliff/
but/ I/ choose/ to/ leave/ the cycle/ No/ more/ heavy/ hail/ barging/ my/
heart/ plus/ the/ rain/ Fold into/ a/ butterfly/ wings/ expansion/ Weather/
intensifies/ Friction/ leads/ me/ through/ the/ threshold/ Skies/ draw/
poetry/ in/ the/ clouds/ Words/ are sewn/ woven/ into/ a/ magenta/ made
bed/ on/ my/ mahogany/ skin/ Here/ I/ live/ Here/ I/ grow/ Here/ I/ rise/
Motion breathes on beings, then enters.
