Just Beneath the Cage: Internal Conflict & Resolution

I see you see the scarecrow

I see you saw the goat

I see you understand now

I understand you don’t

I see you found the knife fine

I see you’ve hid your throat

I see you stare the mirror

I see you saw right through

I see you shed your coating

I see yours has blistered too

I see why you hate me

I’m so glad you do

Through Inhalation,

I summon air

Through Exhalation,

I make it disappear

two ends of a process

different yet the same

two directions travelled

connected but estranged

I’ve seen you and your glory,

I’ve seen you and all your fame

I’ve seen how you are blamed,

I see in you much shame

I see you expire,

I see you return,

I can’t escape you,

that much I am sure

I’ve seen your attempts at leaving,

I’ve seen you come back to me,

I can’t afford to lose you

for together we are one

I see you love me dearly,

I see your forgiveness, each and every time

I see you as intended,

I see in bone we are the same

I see you always bring the answers

to the questions I’ve yet to name

I see you see the scarecrow,

yet choose not to run away

I see you saw the goat,

yet never chose to boast

I see you understand now

I see something I do

I see you found the knife fine

I see no need,

  to guard yourself from me

I see you stare the mirror,

tell me what you see?

I see what you’ve always shown,

I thought I’d find religion,

but it’s your face I now see

I mirror your reflection,

yet it’s your eyes I now see

returning gaze to me

I see you’ve shed your coating

I see no difference between the two

I see what I’ve always known,

I see how much you love me,

Surfacing from way down deep inside

I’m so glad you can

I’m so glad you do

Through inhalation

 We summon the air

Through exhalation

 We cleanse away impurity,

Accepting each our many sides

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Respirate/Ventilate

NO.  RESPIRATION IS NOT THE PROPER TERM.

Ventilation is what you’re looking for

Respiration is when glucose breaks down-

In order to release energy to your cells

YES. Although uncommon, other carbohydrates will suffice.

Internally the respiration occurs

Within the mitochondria, during stages one or two

In the first- oxygen is not required

The second-which is the main, it’s required, along strengthened cycles

Moral of the story:

In some bacteria the oxidant is the nitrate       

So

Learn to ventilate

Before air becomes a mystery-

A McGuffin who can’t see the plots it drives.