Frozen Breath

A Poem by Maithili

This poem explores the complexities of human disconnection and emotional paralysis ,and the longing for meaning and release.

A breath I'm holding for a long time now,
living a state of partial consciousness,
where I can feel my fingers scribbling and nibbling and my soles waking up in a pool of sweat.
Is my chest moving faster or slower,
Is it viable to be alive like this. Overwhelming voices struck my ear none sweeter enough to stay and heed.
None catches my curiosity apart from you, none feels near and familiar more than you. An intuition that I am you.
I see you play with the wires of your earphones when darkness falls again .
Does this mean being alive, for now I play my favorite song from my phone seeing you from a distance. I want to release my breath now .
But the voices around scare me. Can I just stand and not be frozen. I want to take steps ahead but what's restrains me?