Trusting myself to breathe

Is easier said than done

When a smooth cool hand

Embraces mine tenderly

No possession, a unity

An air of belonging

That tingles my sense of elation

Turns the volume up

In the world once void of sound

Concurrently, my focus is absorbed

With being in the moment

Alive, unfettered, freely expressing

Anticipating the next breath

With a reciprocal agreement

A bonding of lungs and air

I didn’t realize I needed