Giving and receiving

I receive and I give—

breathing in and breathing out—

I give and I receive in being alive

in dying and being reborn.

It is a constant exchange

of air

of light with all creation...

I carry this circling orb of being,

once gifted to me

and that I continue to create as I dance...

even through the fear when I hold my breath

and then begin to breath again,

and hold my breath again,

and breath again—

a constant exchange,

the dance of the orb

giving and receiving,

receiving and given

my birthright and it belongs to LIFE,

daring, daring to embody it,

from my belly.

                        —Lorena