Untitled - June 23, 2002

It is one breath
that separates
one moment from the next;
the difference in hearing
that hitched sound of expectation
or the pained gasp of ending.

It's the one last breath
that marks both a beginning
and the end;
where the past and present meet.

Every heartbeat passing
begins a secondary cycle
of listening for the sounds
of a sharp intake of air -
in both pleasure and pain -
in a time of suspended living.