Breathing
I take only shallow breaths.
I realize this laying on the floor, feeling the stress drip from my feet
Counting the breaths that count my life.
I take only shallow breaths.
My life speeds by.
And then,
Sometimes,
As if to pull all that time back into myself,
I stop breathing all together.
Copyright © Caitlin Essenburg | Year Posted 2011
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