Breath Aidan Younan

My body is a tree I breathe, trees breathe We may breathe differently, but we are the same We use different things to breathe, but our breath, is synchronous We both use the hate of the world to drive us It drives us into becoming more than what we used to be We will all continue to breathe We will continue to breathe until there is nothing left Some trees can't breathe because of infection Some people can't breathe because of disease We both have similarities and differences But our breath is synchronous We all get chopped down But when we are hurt it drives us to become greater If we all keep breathing, we will always be ok Everything will be ok Everything will be ok Everyone's breath is the same We are all the same From the redwoods in California To the worms under your feet We all breathe and if you keep breathing, we will all be ok Everything will be ok Everything will be ok My body is a tree I breathe, trees breathe We may breathe differently, but we are the same We all breathe, our breath is synchronous We are all the same We all breathe

Aidan Younan, Grade 7 Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis Teaching Artist, Frank Sentwali