tell me how to breathe again.
i’m holding my breath and i’m counting down but the numbers never stop ending. i forgot how to take a breath.
inhale. out.
hold.
holdholdho—getaquickbreathin—
i’m having to learn how to breathe again
and i’m thinking thinking thinking all these no thoughts
like how, can’t i just go back to when it last was that i took a breath and felt so anew. who knew air could be so easily exhausted back then. i wish i had saved some for now.
like if i stay still for long enough i can trick the world around me. stop time long enough for me to just
like search learn figure out how to breathe again and maybe then i can practice from there and it won’t be so hard anymore
brittany given. 