Poetry

for Diane & Roxlyn

billow of breath
circumferential
ease open
close easily
new air spreads its bounty
inside varied body-mind

on the sagittal plane
travel back toward not yet
open cautious
honor walled-off inspiration
what was left behind gathers
into exhale

in the intricate poetics of voice
from hum forward thyroid
to soft eeee arytenoid
breath crosses chasms
find deep cartilage
vibrate bone initiate
authentic sound
out of murmur into silence