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Breathe
When my internal levees are brought to pieces
Unable to withstand the rumbling waters
surging through the veins of my day
When the soundness in my stance fatigues
and forges my noticeable sway
When bedlam stifles the good order of my realm
and seems to have its way
I breathe
If my methodical and steady
should wake my haste and unease
And in moments of unready
when my spiritual branches are left barren by fallen leaves
When I’ve not the energy to rise
When the rains from my excessively drained eyes
meet the caps of my dampened knees
When the severity within my space
should breed my blood curdling screams
When these are not my dreams
I breathe
I just breathe
When all I see
The lack of restrain from mouths of the faceless
When all I can be
Exhausted by the velocity of debilitating words
and the strain it places
And all they demand of me
When all is not free
And the charge of my unfair share
of which I receive
My hollowed out stare
From all the weight I must bare
Breathe
Breathe
Just breathe
Of Him
An apprentice and less a disciple of trend
My onus to be light
despite a beacon for sin
Breathe
For everyday that I wake
to endure this all again
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Just breathe
Copyright © 2014 by Daryl R. Gaines. All rights reserved
Such vocabulary and
Such vocabulary and eloquence! You are amazing :)
The more I read your poems, they more I'm proud to have received your praise for some of mine!!!
Keep writing always :)
Willow