human
being
be breathing
breathe in breathe out
all is flow all is change
all showed up, all left the stage
the fear the distress
of these times
pressing down on our chests
feel this without fearing
without grasping
without attaching
don’t push this away
don’t grasp onto this
it will change
breathe in breathe out
in the hospitals of italy, in the hospitals of nyc
in spain, in seattle, in wuhan, in london, new orleans, mumbai
the doctors and nurses
trying to manage what is happening now
and heed the warnings of what soon could go down
ventilator hoods over heads
in row after row of hospital beds
the doctors and nurses pushing so hard
to keep them breathing
for them
breathe in breathe out
for all the servers and the staff that we know
in the bars and the clubs and the restaurants and pubs
we can no longer go to
all who lost their jobs in an instant
all the businesses just closed down
a what the ffff just happened look around
for them
breathe in breathe out
and when our own worries
our own fears
our own pain
comes rushing in
the weight pressing down on our chests
feel the worry, feel the fear, feel the pain
don’t push them away
don’t grasp them
they will change
here where we breathe our thoughts
where we breathe our fears our pain
is the peace and the strength
to think without tripping
and feel without fearing
let it in let it out
pick it up put it down
let it come let it go
without fear without judgment
without grasping
without attaching
breathe in breathe out
for those who cannot
for the doctor awake for 2 days
for the nurse who’s watched too many pass away
for them
keep breathing
stronger than any fear and distress
pressing down
on our chests
alert n ready
calm n steady
getting busy
breathing doing fixing building making helping healing
heat flow 