breathe

Breathe and smile
in this place where
fire meets water
and dances to the rhythm of
our ancestral hymns.

Breathe and laugh
in this place where
blood and teeth
and tears and sweat
dance and sing the words of
our ancestral hymns.

Breathe and shout
our ancestral hymns
in this place where
fire and blood quench
water and tears
all in the space of
a single smile.