To Know You Is To Love You

Exhaling a slow deep breath of love.
To know you is to love you;
To love you is to celebrate love;
To celebrate love is to celebrate life.

One life, one breath; same recycled air
From the oceans to the seas
Carried by birds through the skies
As their wings flutter and scatter the breaths of love unseen.
Love celebrated, is life celebrated

One life, one love, one breath.
In one cyclonic swoop; carried to far lands
In a tornado of emotional turmoil
Yet the gentle winds propel it along
Withstanding the hourglass of time,
The hourglass of uncertainty,
The hourglass that moves steadily with love, hate, passion, turmoil, confusion, oppression,  suppression, compassion, empathy,
All flowing steadily regardless of time

Time is a concept.
Time is as endless as the breath of love, the breath of life flows
From city to city; country to country
From generation to generation through the continent.
One breath, propelled by a gentle breeze
Carried through,
travels back to me as I slowly open my lips, taking in the breath of love; of life celebrated

Journeyed back to me
Embraced as
One love
One life
One breath
To know you is to love you
To love you is to celebrate love
To celebrate love is to celebrate life

Ogechi Mezu Pharm.D. February 14, 2017
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