The greatest gift of all.

There are so many ways I want to feel, but none are how I feel right now.

To step with ease and a joyful bounce.
To hold hope, love and care.
To dance through the world creatively.
To know all there is out there.

Yet my breathing feels so heavy, and like it is all that I can do.
And adding anything else to my plate will sway the delicate balance and break me in two.

Days like today ask so much, yet it is also small.

Today all I can do is breathe,
But that’s the greatest gift of all.