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Emptiness of my heart
I never realized how precious air really is, until one day I couldn't breath.
Breathless...
I am gasping for one breath of fresh
air.
My body aching, my skeleton strained,
my mind faint.
So close, yet so far away.
I can see it, feel it, and almost taste it.
It is paradise.
My OPEN arms reaching out for it.
My soft mouth open to indulge
it.
My eyes closed to enjoy it.
My excepting heart to caress
it.
I can feel the air coming towards me as I begin to inhale it.
Just as the air begins to enter
my inviting mouth,
It turns BLACK, cold
and tasteless.
I panic and frantically try to grab it before it is gone forever.
Tears begin burning my flesh as
my body quivers with pain and exhaustion.
My body in shock, for it can't
stand the suffocation any longer.
My heart pounds HARDER and HARDER and HARDER.
What happened to the pleasant breeze that used to blow through the hollow walls of my heart?
That breath that filled the EMPTINESS of MY HEART
Did I try too hard to selfishly
get that last breath of fresh air.
To GRAB it and pull it inside my
heart and soul.
To satisfy every inch, every nerve,
every muscle.
Did I want to satisfy my temporary
need?
Or could it be I didn't try
hard enough?
Maybe I need to inhale deeper,
reach further, look beyond the surface of one single breath.
Do I really need that breath of fresh air or do I just want it?
The only thing I do know is that I can't last any longer without one BREATH of fresh air to fill
the EMPTINESS OF MY HEART.
Liz
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