Breathe.
Look at the cell phone
next to you and turn it off.
Yes, turn it off. Really.
Okay, just put it face
down and on silent.
Do not forget that life
isn’t built of electrical impulses shoved into a metal frame.
Read these words.
I am just as real as
you.
Touch the next person
that you see,
The very next, even if
you must call it an accident of human contact.
Single out that one
moment and remember their warmth.
That is life.
The warmth and breath
of exchanged between souls in physical form.
Speak to someone in the
eye and not screen to screen.
Say all the things that
society told you that you shouldn’t.
Tell someone you barely
know that you miss them and you want to know who they will be to you in a year.
Never let them tell you
that you should not think of the future.
Think, imagine, dream
and most importantly never forget to breathe.
Step a little closer to
them and exchange breaths.
This is the only way
you can know that you are still alive some days.
