Exhale

Exhale
     Breathe out deeply
          Stop!
               Hold.

Feel the pain that emptiness brings
A longing for precious resource



Inhale
     Take a deep breath
          Stop!
               Hold.

Feel the pain that fullness brings
A longing for relief



Draw on your cigarette,
Slave; to the chemicals that drive you
     Hold.

Keep him close by,
Slave; to the chemicals that bind you
     Hold.



           Timothy de Paris
           2007