Breath

I allow my heart  
to steal my breath    
knowing that    
it seals my death.    
How foolish of    
my heart to dwell    
on words that can't    
give life,       
make well.       
To worship    
words of men      
is folly.       
It serves    
a cadence       
melancholy.      
It's truth    
and light    
I yearn to know.    
My heart deceives    
my path to go      
on tangents dark    
without a light    
to guide direction's    
journey right.    
My mind    
my heart    
my strength    
my soul    
must breathe the air    
with constant flow    
that never fails    
nor will deceive    
does not abandon    
never leaves    
that fills me with    
the breath that gives      
the joy to love    
the will to live    
the strength to stay    
to try,    
endure    
the mind to grow    
the thoughts assured    
of peace to know    
both truth and light,    
know first by faith -    
then follows sight.    
   
“You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.”  
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭16:11