© NILLS 2025 All Rights Reserved --------- Monday — I breathe Tuesday — I breathe Wednesday — I breathe in deep Thursday — I exhale softly Friday — still, I draw breath Saturday — I forget I’m breathing at all Sunday — I breathe Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe “Why not stop?” “Then stop.” Yet all the same, I breathe Even while I sleep, I never forget Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe “Aren’t you tired?” “I must be tired.” Yet all the same, I breathe It’s taken for granted When this ends Everything ends Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe Since the moment I was born And for all the days ahead Still, I breathe When pain grips me, when love fills me When I run hard, when I rest easy Breath and heartbeat move as one— Still, it never changes Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe Inhale long, exhale slow—this very breath shows I’m here Until my final breath—this very breath shows I’m here Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe I breathe… I breathe… Every day, every day, without rest Every day, every day, I breathe I draw the air in … I let the air go … I draw the air in I let the air go I breathe. I breathe.
