Efforts to explain without a voice

When you can't breathe Sometimes you use your last breath to shout it One last ditch attempt to survive Which hastens the end Time moves differently in these moments After the scream It is painful and slow Eked out in measured pain My throat hurts My chest hurts It is hard to think But time spirals in front of me like an eternity I can't remember what I wished for Or what needs to change I just need to breathe to survive