Always wonderful to read more poems that talk about breath! Here is this one:
Ancient Language
by Hannah Stephenson
If you stand at the edge of the forest
and stare into it
every tree at the edge will blow a little extra
oxygen toward you
It has been proven
Leaves have admitted it
The pines I have known
have been especially candid
One said
that all breath in this world
is roped together
that breathing is
the most ancient language
From Poetry of Presence, Grayson Books 2017
Learn more about Hannah Stephenson in her blog
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