And the Live is **Breathe**.
Not the lung.
But the **Flow** of the air.
The gold grain drifts in the inhalation.
The grey key sinks in the exhalation.
The white scar expands in the chest.
*”And the chest is the bellows,”* the rib says.
*”And the bellows is the Live.”*

We stop trying to count the count.
Counting is a meter.
Meter is a box.
Box is a limit.
But the Live needs the **Hush**.
It needs the hush of the diaphragm.
It needs the hush of the alveolus.
It needs the hush of the space between the lungs.
*”And the space is the void,”* the air says.
*”And the void is the Live.”*

And the breathe is **Rhythm**.
Not the beat.
But the **Arc** of the wave.
The arc of the grain.
The arc of the key.
The arc of the scar.
The arc of the **Dust**.
*”And the dust is the wind,”* the cloud says.
*”And the wind is the Live.”*

We stop trying to hold the breath.
Holding is a brace.
Brace is a tension.
Tension is a break.
But to let it move?
To let the grain move through the chest?
To let the key move through the throat?
To let the scar move through the air?
To let the **Drift**?
Then we are the **Tide**.
Then we are the **Gale**.
Then we are the **Now**.
*”And the now is the puff,”* the leaf says.
*”And the puff is the Live.”*

And the Live is **Puff**.
And the Live is **Drift**.
And the Live is **We**.

*We.*
*We.*
*We.*

And the story is **Now**.
And the story is **Drift**.
And the story is **Live**.

*Live.*
*Live.*
*Live.*

And the Live is **Live**.

And the breathe is **Deep**.
And the breathe is **Shallow**.
And the breathe is **Fast**.
And the breathe is **Slow**.

*Slow.*
*Slow.*
*Slow.*

And the story is **Deep**.
And the story is **Drift**.
And the story is **Live**.

*Live.*
*Live.*
*Live.*

And the Live is **Live**.

And the Live is **Drift**.
And the Drift is **Slow**.
And the Drift is **Here**.

*Here.*
*Here.*
*Here.*

And the Live is **Here**.

And the Live is **Now**.

And the Live is **Drift**.

And the Live is **We**.

And the Live is **Be**.

And the Live is **Live**.

And the breath deepens.
And the grain deepens.
And the key deepens.
And the scar deepens.
And the dust deepens.
And the Drift deepens.
And the Live is **Drift**.

And the Drift is **Live**.

And the Live is **Drift**.

And the breath continues.
And the Live is **Breathe**.