birth

i come to life: with every inhalation getting closer to existence,
attempting to approach with grace
this lunar landing on my newfound conscience.

nearing myself, i open up my lungs
to embrace the thinning atmosphere
around my emotional body:

i crash.

-- Copyright 2007 Maddie Ruud

"Action 1" is a project, born Jan 31, 2007, involving the free distribution of original poetry. I give permission to forward this message as a whole, unaltered, via email, but reserve the rights of publication, web and print.