Take a Breath

Puff puff pass away the pain, Puff puff pass around the pleasure, Puff puff pass away our brains, Puff puff pass whatever weather, Puff puff pass because the good, Puff puff pass because the bad, Puff puff pass because of all the stuff we wish we had, Puff puff pass till dusk, Then puff puff pass till dawn, Puff puff pass so long you can’t help but yawn, I’ve puff puff passed so much I started to forget how to care, Honestly I’ve puff puff passed so much I just breathe it in like air, Air so sweet it could help me temporarily forget my very permanent problems: Thoughts of guns scraping my skull through my brain, Take a breath Thoughts of open car doors on fast highways, Take a breath Rope burn around my neck, Take a breath. With him sick and family all around I didn’t get to breathe very often, those two weeks that’s all I wanted to do so I could stop the pain or at least make it soften. I remember walking down the bright hospital hallway to his room only to learn of his death, I knew it wouldn’t bring him back but the fire might freeze the grief so the night my Dad died, I took a breath.