This virus threatens the tree of life.
The respiratory branches.
It targets the magnificently structured pathways traveled by our breath.
The connections from within to out.
It damages and inflames,
causing protective fluid and cells
to betray our blood,
overproducing,
blocking oxygen from nourishing our veins.
It prevents movement and exchange.
Breath is known to be the essence of life.
The affirmation of survival.
The expression of our soul.
Diseased economies
designed for overproduction,
not nourishment,
puts us at greater risk,
accelerating the spread of the virus.
These economies threaten the breath of life.
The spiritual branches.
Our connections damaged, irritated, inflamed.
We betray our blood,
enforcing borders across veins,
the expression of our souls blocked,
obstructing oxygen
arresting our hearts
extraction only
exchange prevented
unable to transplant the marrow necessary for survival.
Life in service of greed impedes our movements.
We are in search of a cure.
In mystery and discovery.
The stages are clear.
We must love and protect each other.
Respirate from suffocating conditions.
Open pathways towards a society structured to affirm life.
Transform to ensure our collective survival.
Inhale dignity,
Hail to the ancestors,
heal, conspire, respire.
We will breathe.
YaliniDream 