I'm whispering

The air changed and shifted

That familiar feeling of my eyes widening, drying

Was I terrified or shifting in an unfamiliar way

Or both

Or something else

Bubbles coming to the surface, a sudden pop of feeling, grief, such deep sadness

Letting go

The light shifts

This reminds me of breathing with another

Our sense of ourselves expanded, as if our heads were blowing open

Oxygenating our brains

Growing muscular wings and lifting off the ground

Soaring

I put my feet into the earth and reached out to hold him

The air is shifting

Am I cleaving

Am I expanding

I am wondering

The light changes again

There is a softness to the air

I do not need to know

Just be

Just breathe

Listen

Words of others jumble before my eyes, dance around, playing on the page

Something else is asked for

Something different

I'm whispering