Breathing Goodness

 

We smile and play with our kids

To breathe happiness.

 

Tenderness of early morning sun

Soothing flow of breeze

The musical twittering of birds:

All for us to breathe softness.

 

The river murmurs with its banks    

Mountain unfurls its rising green

Sea muses its perennial song:

All for us to breathe calmness.

 

Flowers emit fragrance

Rainbow paints its elegant colours

Sky with the moon and twinkling stars:

All for us to breathe gladness.

 

The tenderness of grass

The gentleness of youthful leaves

Glittering eyes of innocent animals:

All for us to breathe humbleness.

 

Someone has bestowed the gifts

For us to solace the essence of life

Even the tiny cells within us

Breathe for all of us to flourish. 

 

Let us breathe goodness

For everyone to live

And for everyone to live.

 

Publication Credit: I Can’t Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice, 2021 (Ed. Dr. Christopher Okemwa)