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The Absence of Breath

December 4, 2008
By Anonymous

I lie flat on my back
and feel the damp grass
soak through my clothes.

I stare at the sky,
chest heaving like ocean swells,
and my eyes are open but not seeing.

I know something just happened
but I don't know what
or how to breathe.

I wonder where my breath
has gone, andy lie
there feeling helpless.

I have no air,and
I have no life
until my breath returns.


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