Breathe
A letter to the Anxious Minds
Breathe,
Step back and breathe
Doomsday looms, it’s approaching fast.
Quiet on the outside, yelling deep inside
Echoes say , each fear is a fact,
each day’s a dread, each minute a struggle,
Each second heard, noise of silence is louder than ever.
But.
Stop. wait.
Step back.
Just breathe.
You have been sleeping for 3 months now
Been awake for a year,
You want to hide.
To escape. To avoid.
To shutdown.
But,
Stop. Wait.
Step back
And breathe
Calling of spring didn’t reach you
The summer beach didn’t touch your feet
The fall was always in your head. Catastrophic, Free fall.
Wind Sways and days pass.
You sit and watch.
Free fall into your jet black heart
So breathe
While you can, before the next monster joins the parade.
Pause. Wait. Breathe.
Breathe, take it slowly,
Let this moment pass.
Under a magic spell…pause amidst the chaos…stop.wait. breathe
Breathe.
Breathe it all away, at last.
Running too fast,
You wish to skip to a better hour
You have been running for far too long..
Stop. Pause. Wait.
Catch your breathe. Count to ten and inhale
Don’t take promises of ‘change your destiny’ quotes.
Life is short.
I know they tell you to hurry,
To Clean up this mess and stop the worry
‘Just snap out’ they say,
Keep calm
Just be.
Stop. Wait. Breathe.
Breathe while you can
Breathe until you can
Before the clouds take over you head and
Water drenches you to the bone.
Breathe.
For I know you are frozen in plain-sight
Your life mirrors drought.
Your actions seem meaningless
And hopefulness- a facade
But Breathe,
Breathe, not because you have to
Breathe because you still can…until you can.
Breathe even when it becomes too hard
Even when you feel all the walls, shrinking suffocating and caging
Breathe when you can, until you can,
Breathe, find the glow in the dark
Stop. Wait. And take a step back
Breathe through this night
Breathe… it too shall pass.
