Tell Me How to Box-Breathe
Breathe in,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Hold it,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Breathe out,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Hold it,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Breathe within the box
Feel as your lungs expand
Swallow the planet
1, 2, 3, 4.
Exhale your breath
Collapse your lungs
Vomit your soul
1, 2, 3, 4.
Dig your hands into eroded soil
Bent down in worship of Earth
Dirt under fingernails collecting poppies
1, 2, 3, 4.
Splay your fingers toward the sky
Collapse onto a garden bed
Bloom wildflowers from your eyelashes
1, 2, 3, 4.
Ignore the lost faces
Ignore your name
Ignore your senses
1, 2, 3, 4.
Ignore the stars falling
Ignore the trees dissolving
Ignore the lack of temperature
1, 2, 3, 4.
Do not close your eyes
Do not move
Do not panic
1, 2, 3, 4.
Tell me it's real
Tell me I'm real
Tell me the truth
Tell me- 3, 4.
Continue your box-breathing
Ignore my voice
Tell me nothing
1, 2, 3, 4.
Breathe in,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Hold it,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Breathe out,
1, 2, 3, 4.
Hold it,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,...
Copyright © Some One | Year Posted 2024
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