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Short of Breath
Breathe in breathe out, these walls do suffocate
I find my life is stressful as of late
Like phantom hands pressed deep into my chest
The searing pain I feel I must attest
Restricting my ability to breathe
I beg for freedom from the pain beneath
For life's caprice and peace are lost on me
I fall in line and now it's hard to see
Like answers on a test I do not have
I do my best to pass but instead calve*
Like ice in oceans cold I start to break
Alone in frigid lands I face my fate
Breathe out breathe in, the walls asphyxiate
© Anthony Black Jr.
*calve means to break into smaller pieces
#anxiety #iambicpentameter #depression #alone
I find my life is stressful as of late
Like phantom hands pressed deep into my chest
The searing pain I feel I must attest
Restricting my ability to breathe
I beg for freedom from the pain beneath
For life's caprice and peace are lost on me
I fall in line and now it's hard to see
Like answers on a test I do not have
I do my best to pass but instead calve*
Like ice in oceans cold I start to break
Alone in frigid lands I face my fate
Breathe out breathe in, the walls asphyxiate
© Anthony Black Jr.
*calve means to break into smaller pieces
#anxiety #iambicpentameter #depression #alone
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