𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 (𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆)

𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒖 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆

when you breathe, what do you feel? do you feel the cold sting of oxygen burning your lungs, and do you feel the way life is spreading through your veins like a river in the deepest of wilds? do you feel an eternity of life taking root in your deepest veins, your smallest cells, writing a promise in blood and bone that you will be remembered forever?

tell me, when you breathe, what do you feel? do you remember that you are alive not only in dreams, but this reality as well? do you remember that you are the universe incarnate and that for every breath you take, you change the world by existing for one more second? do you remember how the stars wept when you were born, how the sun bowed his head and the moon touched your soul with moonlit fingers? do you remember how the universe breathed its own life into your lungs, willing your bright eyes to open, refusing to let your soul slip away from your body? do you? do you remember how your breath is the very breath of the universe?

so take a deep breath, my dear, and tell me:

what do you feel when you breathe?