almost lost my life...

holding in that breath.
though a realization of something much greater occurred:
it had been crooning since my youth; it is called the greatest love of all.
its truth sometime frustrates me, though more often frees me.
wanted so badly to have it externally first.
as in a taste,
as in a touch -- to resonate through my experience and deeply into my soul.
that was unrealistic; possibly short sighted.
for you see, greater is He who lives within me than he who is in the world.