only if you want to

it’s time to take a deep breath
of the kind you feel in your spine
to breathe or not to breathe
is a choice between life and death
and that’s not a simple one

my body is in shape
though I’d like to be fitter
could it be that I just hit it
or was his jackpot the big hitter
at least I’m not bitter – or sour

all I want for today is to be at peace
with myself and with others
and I have no use for resistance anymore
when there’s cake enough, when I have a piece
also take some if you want to
‘cause there’s more than enough

© Maularia Fist