The Dampness of My Cheeks

Quite, inner peace
A deep breath-
and then release

my exhales seem
to move the tide away

The sound of the waves
washing over the stress of my day
and leaving me, clean

Inhaling brings you
towards me

Like the moment
right before the first kiss
- I just want to live in this

a sweet soft slow release
causing all the din to cease

A breath drawn
and another
stolen away from me

I wonder where you store them
When you take them away from me

Taking it one moment
and allowing me to breath
like the tide, to and fro

There's so much water
deep in me

Inhaling a gardenia
letting it fill all of me
Is like bring me to sea
And the places where I feel most like me

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