After the Wind

Élan Vital.

  Forebearer of life; the lifeforce.

  Enveloped in gravity’s sway,

  metamorphosing into

  earth’s heartbeat.

Earth pulsing,

  resounding across the cosmos,

  vibration forming sound,

  fashioning the ether.

  Earth breathes.

The dance.

  Earth keeping the heartbeat.

  Élan Vital pirouetting.

  Swirling ever faster,

  birthing wind.

Élan Vital creates.

  Borne on the wings of wind,

  Élan Vital kisses the sky

  creating water, heavy,

  falling to earth.

The earth breathes.

  Rivers flow, oceans swell,

  fomenting, animating.

  The wellspring of

  Life.

Feel now your chest.

  Gentle steady heartbeat.

  Chi filling your lungs. 

  Élan Vital, your life.

  Breathe.

Never let fear

  steal your breath.

  It is your birthright,

  the gift of life, itself.

  Breathe through it all.