Inhaled I pray constantly, with urgency, my loved one’s breath almost gone. My words inadequate - still my tongue travails. Holy Spirit comes: His peace falls upon me; this ‘Searcher of Hearts’ prays beside me with sounds too deep for words - groans deep on our behalf. Christ Jesus feels the Spirit’s pain as my loved one wheezes for life's breath; He, Lord of Breath, comes; greets me. Our temples and noses touch: I give thanks to Him whose breath births life. Again our temples gently touch: He whose breath restores life, weeps with me for a loved one’s breath. Once more our temples touch, our noses breathe: Lord of Breath exhales His Father’s promise, my beloved's breath restored. © 2021 Craig A Roberts