Air and Water

Taking a breath 
of one
keeps us going

Taking a breath
of the other
is saying goodbye

Finding a way
to drink down
the oxygen
and nitrogen

In a cup
in a glass
half full
half empty

Sitting in the middle
threading the needle

Can't have one
without the other

And can't have 
us
without
both

And one day
we will return
to both

And someone else
will breath us in
and drink us up

And they
will
continue
on