Aspirations

I breathe in
to start to speak the words
that will illustrate all the depth
and all the reach
of what I feel and see
and hope and wish
of where we’ve been
and where we are going

And then I freeze
breath held
eyes blurred
words locked

Because I am breathing in
all your hope
and all your feelings
and your wishes

And I am afraid of letting the air
find its path
to the exhale
without giving it the gifts
of this inhale

~ (c) Hezaasan 2019