This Air

I don’t know how to breathe this air

somewhere along the way I forgot

even as it fills my lungs

So I’ll slowly drown

right here in front of everyone

Aware of the irony

that everything I need is right there

if only I knew how to use it

All the bystanders never noticing until

my body is dragged up from below

Maybe you can at least study me now

and figure out what I never could

Why I felt so 

unable to be alive in this world

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I did love this poem dear poet. You led the reader to the perfect ending. In the new world, we forget people and when they are laying dead. We remember them. It is sad. Nice dance of words. A outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Throwing Romeo]

The poetic exhale lives
in the grasping for love.

[Robert Haigh]

A sad and sombre piece. We can all have bad chapters in our lives, when we feel this way. Usually it passes, but it can last for some time, for some people. Life is not always easy.

[cricket]

“everything I need is right there
if only I knew how to use it”
This line really resonated with me (the poem as a whole did but this line made a particular impact when I read it.) I often feel like a fish out of water, only no one else can see that I’m gasping for air. We are told so often that all we need to survive is food, water, and shelter and maybe that is true of ‘survival’ but living is a whole different thing altogether- to feel like you fit comfortably in the framework of everyone else around you can be very difficult. A great read, thank you for sharing.

Cricket 🦗

[Lisasview]

So sad to hear and know that many young people out there feel this way about their lives.
Lisa, now in Spain

[Hannah]

Oh wooow, I feel this one. Very relatable, and very well put. It can be just plain HARD sometimes.

If this poem is real to life, I hope you're able to take some breaths here and there.

[SkinlessFrank]

A compelling sentiment. Well, as you probably know already, it takes courage to live in this world.