Close your eyes.

Breathe in.

Breathe out. 

Count the breaths 

you breathe in. Breathe 

the same number out.   

Feel the air you breathe

as it glides to your lungs. 

Feel the cool breeze as it brushes 

against your smooth skin.

Listen to the sound of birds 

chirping outside your cracked 

window. When it’s warmer

 you can join under 

the flaming sun. Feel the trill 

of crickets that ring

in your ear before it dissipates 

into a memory. One that will be written

down in your pink, floral notebook.

Breathe in. 

Breathe out.

Open your eyes.