The Breath

Breathe in. Breathe out. The ancient instruction,
the one the body never needs reminding—
and yet the mind needs it constantly,
needs the body's rhythm for the finding

of the still place underneath the noise,
the calm that doesn't disappear with thinking,
the peace that is not a destination
but the breath—the always-returning, always linking.

You carry peace inside your very breathing.
You need not find it—it is finding you—
just return to the in and out and notice:
the peace was always there, entirely true.
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