With intention, I spread out
Asking for resilience today.
With guidance, I coax gently to release,
To come unglued into freedom.

With bound arms, I unbind.
With engaged focus, I detach.
With a twist, I untangle.

Into irony, into the unknowable, 
Into the mystery
Of breathing lungs,
Of breathing cities,
Of children's laughter,
Of an elder's last sigh.