I am alive

I feel

My heart a steady rhythm trying to break free

Of the cage of bones that encircles it

The cage that keeps it from exploding out

Into the world and sending out the immense chaos of what is in

The murky depths of my heart

I feel

My breaths coursing through me sending life to every finger every toe

See the rise and fall and rise and fall

Of my chest telling me that I am still here

I feel

My thoughts in my mind twirling away dancing to the music

That only plays in my head as I journey

Through the everlasting and endless journey of life

I feel

My feet cool against the soft grass my toes sinking into the dirt

That for so long was untouched by human skin

It is almost as if for one moment

Nothing separates me and the burning core at the center of this world

I feel

The wind light and caressing pushing through my hair brushing past my face

Reassuring me that I cannot escape

The horrifying beauty of nature

I feel

The heart in my chest and the breath in my lungs

The thoughts in my mind and the ground on my feet

The wind through my hair

And I know that this is why I am here

This is why my existence was chosen

Out of all the endless possibilities and realities

Of a vast universe I am here

I feel

Every second tick by

I feel

The way everything whispers to me just loud enough

Over the roaring wave of existence so that I can make out

Those faint words that one joyous phrase

I am alive