White

I’ve stopped taking my asthma medicine for a little while, and with the heaviness that settles on my lungs comes an old and familiar depression.  It is not unexpected, really.  The lungs, in Chinese medicine, belong to the Metal element, which is associated with grief.  Grief.  Yes, that’s what this feels like.  A tremendous sense of loss, but apparently without an object. 

Surprisingly, it feels good; a relief.  It feels real.