Breathe Poem by Susan Marie Watkins

I breathe deeply
Inhaling prana
Expanding my lungs
Filling them with life force
With the energy
That created the universe
In an exploding gaseous exhalation
Of everlasting expansion
I smell the perfume of
Orange blossoms and gardenias
Heavy & cloying as damp earth
The dead wet petals scattered across the lawn
Crushed & bruised
Creamy white turning black around the edges
& In my hands
Red roses
Dripping over my casket
Pressing down
Suffocating me