Breathe
When every word
triggers the pain that
no one recognizes,
but the shattered
pieces of yourself.
Breathe in and
breathe it out.
When your eyelids
uncontrollably shake
as the tears grow heavier
than their capacity
to hold them back.
Breathe in and
breathe them out.
When it suddenly
hits you that the
shame is what’s been
getting in the way
all along.
Breathe in and
breathe it all out.
When the thoughts you
never learned to express
get stuck somewhere
that’s hardly ever
been touched.
Breathe in and
breathe them out.
When the love
you’re still unable
to reciprocate
unexpectedly
fills your insides.
Breathe in,
hold it, and
very slowly
very gently
very warmly
breathe
it out.
