Breath of Life

Creating a poetic affirmation in response to a writing prompt.

1 min readFeb 3

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Photo courtesy of loveartlifetv via Instagram

This story was inspired by a writing prompt that was distributed to the participants of the Sunrise Scribe weekly writing group hosted by my soul sista Fisiwe Zwana held every Tuesday and Friday at 7:15 am EST.

Breath of Life

Bill Holmes

Written by Bill Holmes

Writer. Poet. ESSENCE Best Selling Author. Filmmaker. Personal development aficiando who lives and breathes the mantra "I will not be denied!"

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