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Breathe

A Poem About a Young Adult's Self-Discovery

By KPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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I am walking...and I look for air around me I feel lungs collapse

Gasping and groping and frantically looking for something...someone...

Because surely Someone will help me, I mean there has to be someone

But all the someones I keep seeing are all the someones that continue to suck the last bit of air that I have in my lungs as if it were a soda pop for them to devour but I am absolutely sure that all I need is someone....

And I reach my hand out for each person that walks by but they give me a weird look or a condescending smile and then turn to walk away, oh but why can't they see that I am suffocating in the body I am in, somebody set me free...please...

And I continue down the road in desperation, still under the impression that I NEED someone to help me...

But all around me there's air to breathe yet I am so focused on finding someone to help me and getting rejected and my self pity that I don't I can't I won't just stop....and breathe...

*I do not own rights to the picture, just found on Google images.

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