Oxygen Mantra (A Breath-chant)

Inhale—
life whispers:
“Bad air out.”

It’s okay to poison the air
while living,
but never keep the poison in.

Let go.
Let go.
Let go.

Each breath says:
Out… out…
And then—
Come.

Come to me.
Come to your mother.
To your oxygen.
To your new life.

Hold nothing.
To hold without breath
is to rot.

No air—
no life.
No letting go—
no coming in.

As oxygen enters,
everything else
must go.

They must go,
they must go,
they must go…

Or else—
oxygen
must go.

No!
No must go.
Oxygen must not go.

Amigo—
must not go.

Amigo…
oxygen…
must not… go.