If in doubt, breathe out.
If standing in a shopping line,
or stuck at a red light
If in doubt, breathe out.
If hounded by your children
who keep calling your name,
or waiting at a bedside desperately
hoping your Mum would say the same
If in doubt, breathe out.
If you’re walking home alone,
or fearful on the bus
If in doubt, breathe out.
If you await your fate outside an office door,
or anticipate how now is your time to soar
If in doubt, breathe out.
If you wonder if the years have passed you by too fast,
or wish that he would go, leave you alone at last
If in doubt, breathe out.
If it has all caught up with you and you don’t know what to do,
or you’ve worked so hard on this and need to see it through
If in doubt, breathe out.
If all the breaths you’ve taken,
from babe right up till now,
have brought you here,
so you can feel how,
much there is in every breath,
a whole world contained within,
the gasp, the phew, the sigh
the final goodbye
If in doubt, breathe out.
C o p y r i g h t © 2025 Kate Fox Robinson