Air

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Air

 

I take it all in and just hold it for a while—

my days go by and as I try—to smile

 

I begin to suffocate

I hate

Holding it all in

Like it was My sin

 

But it wasn’t.

 

It wasn’t mine.

And I begin to Exhale;

I see a sign—

It says I didn’t fail,

 

I didn’t fail, I evolved—

I revolved, I absolved, I dissolved.

 

I dissolved all I took in

And I begin again

 

But this time I’ll breath what I desire

Not the pollution; not the fire—

 

Not others’ sins

This Time

 

I win

Breathing Air

That is mine.

 

Annie

3/24/97

 

 

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