How I Breathe

How I breathe today is hastily and fearfully though some hardships are gone what cuts deepest is invisible to you. Still I breathe with an inability to heal from the childhood cruelty which remains entrenched in my soul. My breathing endures your misconceptions of who I am, who I was or who I will be which you have emphatically wrong. Today, I am silenced and refrained and though I live as a recluse still I breathe hardened and frightened. What you don’t know is that every breath I take is with a body wracked with pain due to many beatings and unforeseen incidents. What you should know is that I breathe With wounds engraved in my heart and will forever do so. Each breath captured is engulfed with unknown but inevitable adversity that remains unending. With every breath my greatest hope is to bring you to an understanding of the hidden pain that suffocates my spirit.