you don’t realize how important it is
until you are gasping for it
hot and dizzy and grabbing at it
not being able to speak to it
but knowing it by name
Air!
straight out and up from sleep
brain telling body to get the fuck up
something is happening (out there)
and now it’s happening (in here)
Air!
Rise!
in me is grief and great expectation
firing on all cynlinders
won’t wait for it
so they fight for it
hot and dizzy
they grab at it
and not being able to speak to it
they cry out
Air!
Rise!
Now!
she wants to live.