Take a breath.
Give yourself some care.
Evaporate your
memory and
pacify
your lungs with
air.
Breathe
in deep, and
if you must
choke, then choke
on a stray sigh
or two,
not empty words
your thoughts
provoke.
Swallow up your stupid tongue.
Stop whispering your fears.
You’ll gasp for air
and waste your
breath
if cries for
help
fall on deaf ears.
Snuff out the bliss,
inhale twice.
The mind
wilts,
and the soul
suffocates, when
breath
does not suffice.