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.
Copyright © Diane Perna | Year Posted 2018
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