The Embrace

When body and breath embrace

The miracle called life reveals its face

Breath is the light, cool as the moon

Or fiery as the sun, it helps us attune

The gift we carry into our sleep

Through it, equipoise is what we reap

The science may not be clear

Mastery over breath is the final frontier

Beyond it is empty vacuum

That fills a silent waiting room

The body may not fit inside

But the wings of spirit can glide

In or out, the breath decides

The fate of the mind which divides

Squeezed out of the embrace

The mind loses its vaunted place