POETRY

Apprehension

A poem

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Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

She lies down to sleep but her lungs
lack air, momentary fear unsettles
Sitting she inhales the vapor that her throat like paper
then must drink milk to soothe them
Almost three years now, the fear has gone
yet, unsettled thoughts of suffocation

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Christine Morris Ph.D.
The Lark Publication

A life lived deliberately. Degrees earned. Experience. Poet, traveler, living with life limiting illness. ko-fi.com/SharingWords.