Let Us Live

Possession: One Blessed Breath at a Time

a bumper sticker 

one day at a time

before collision 

after collision

bumper sticker fragment

a time

one day is too long for me

for those unnamed feelings

impulses to harm

arise many times

I need one time at a time

one present moment at a present moment

every breath is a blessing

every breath is an opportunity for me to

bless others or curse the blessed breath

I will have present moments of imperfection

actually

perfection does not exist

but I would rather live more moments

breathe more blessed breaths

like a sunning seal pup

and not a pup slayer

when anger arises during blessed breaths

I need to consider

is this anger that will focus my adrenaline

to protect the sunning seal pup from harm

or is this anger based in selfishness

and if my anger is selfish

hopefully my next expelling of blessed breath

expels the anger

the anxiety

let’s them pass

let go of the darkness of selfishness

inhale a blessed breath

emulating a meditative seal pup

sunning in Massachusetts 

so a time at a time

*written by Jo Sonofjo Wolstenholme

9 February 2009*

photo found at http://www.animalrescueblog.org