BREATHING from LeafFall by EllY Tree

BREATHING

When the birth
breath begins
breathless but breathing
gulping in oxygen
filling the bronchioles
lifting them vertical
knowing this is it all
the joy of breathing.

Take a breath, take the air
Air can take you anywhere
When the swell drags you in
It will spit you out again
Leave you gasping on the shore
Where the gulls fly, where the wind is
High, still breathing the joy of breathing?

Inflating them full
Pushing them outwards
But missing the landfall
Earth is abandoned
You're floating above it all
And heaven is waiting
You'll never know at all
The joy of breathing

When you walked
Into the waves
what were you thinking?
Where were you going?
Were you leaving the land behind?
Were you lost in the doldrums
or finally home again
forsaking for ever
the joy of breathing?

Take a breath, take the air
Air can take you anywhere
When the swell drags you in
It will spit you out again
Leave you gasping on the shore
Where the gulls fly, where the wind is
High, still breathing the joy of breathing? Still breathing.
Breathing....ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

• Folk
• Indie-folk-rock
• alt-folk
• artfolk
• singer-songwriter
• Ipswich