Breathing Together Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

We were together at the beginning
We will be together at the end
And we will be be together
When it all begins again
You helped me into life
And I helped you into death
So we could turn the wheel once more
When it was time to take a breath

And we've walked the places in between
Through the moonlight and the mists
You've have shared your stories
Of the way this world could be
Of how we can make happen
If we have the will to see
It is in how we live our lives
That we learn to shape the tree
And I will help you into life
And you will me help into death
As we turn the wheel once more
So the world can catch her breath

You've taught me while my body
Is a precious passing thing
That it is through love and wisdom
That another it will bring
That through or children's children
We will once again be born
Into a world of our own making
So let's not build it out of scorn
And you will help me into life
And I will help you into death
So we can turn the wheel once more
With a song of joy upon our breath


We were together at the beginning
We will be together at the end
And we will be together
When this song begins again
As we dance the dance of life
And we sing in praise of death
For between each new beginning
We know that life must take a breath