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We Breathe

August 25, 2014
By brainyberries BRONZE, Pacoima, California
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Favorite Quote:
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. - Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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There's a war. 

It's dark  and 

Cold.

We breathe.

But the air we dont need.

 

I've untied the scarlet ribbons, 

The back tresses are set free. 

We breathe. 

But it does not matter.

 

Ribbons flow freely as they fall,

In a pool they converge.

The air is wasted amongst our lungs.

Yet,  we breathe.

 

The black tresses entangle themselves against-

Our faces, 

They cover our noses,

They cover our mouths, 

Locking away any trace of air.

Our lungs scream but

They presist.

Panic rising.

There's fear, fear surfacing.

We cannot breathe.

 

© Calvin C., Salt Lake City, UT

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