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Asphyxiation

We live in a world where everyone struggles,
but when we finally hold our hands out,
they act like were looking for change,
so we die slowly,
as the words we're never able
to get out,
seem to kind of get backed
up in our throats,
eventually asphyxiating our lungs,
and no,
the death isn't a fast one,
it lingers longer than the life
that struggles to hold on.

Take my hand,
and teach me to breathe again.

-Nick Wallace