What If God Breathes?

What if God “breathes” like trees?

Carbon dioxide in,

out the oxygen sails.

Do we breathe His exhales?

What if God breathes through gills?

Like sharks – like the great white!

They have to move to breathe.

Does God swim day and night?

Is God like the spider

that’s called the diving bell?

It hoards bubbles of air

to its chest, in its hair.

What if God breathes through skin?

Like the salamander,

the newt, the worm, the leech,

and the sea cucumber.

Does God breathe through His legs?

Not unlike the sea spider?

Does He use a snorkel?

Like mosquitos in water?

I think God breathes like… We.

Mosquito, and the newt,

spider, shark, and monkey.

The lava and the coral,

the earth, sky, and the sea.

The laughter and the smiles,

the flowers, stones, and trees.

The music and silence,

The seed, light, and puppy.

The words, and their absence,

our hearts, souls, all that’s We.

Perhaps God even breathes

just like you and me.