I mostly feel permanent
as though surely
I will be here
forever

but more and more these days
I am aware of my breath,
of how one day
I will exhale
all of this

and in these moments
it is as though
my mind becomes a stage
and the wisest part of me
is up there
all alone
saying in a kind voice
to the rest of me

just do your best to live
so at the end
you never wish
you had loved
more.