Breathing In, Breathing Out

We spend a life with the rise and fall
Of a heaving, sighing, yearning chest,
That ancient human ritual
Of breathing in... Breathing out.
Some great power in its wisdom
Gave to us this simple method,
Put the air in space
And taught our race
What it was all about.
Fortunate we are
It's an involuntary act.
If humans had to think of it,
We all would wind up dead.
But some great power in its wisdom
Planted it subconsciously
Deep within the dark recesses
Of our feeble mortal heads.

Sorrowful lamenting,
Understanding without doubt,
Life is done too quickly...
Breathing in... Breathing out.

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