And I choose to breathe

Sadness and sorrow are often the breath of life

 

And I choose to breathe

 

 

And I choose to breathe for every breath is free

Calmly bound of tempted drizzled fears

Slow dancing on the desperate dying wind

Placing endless hope against the flow

 

This does come

Beyond iron gates of broken trances

To sing

Undying wishes upon the deaf ears

 

Fractured in meanings and senses known

These wrinkles form a flavored mask

Donned in apprehension of a wilted feeling

Sleek and slender, along a poisoned vine they grow

 

Challenging

In endless streams of sorted need

Stead fast

With chains of charmed tethered truth

 

Cartoon headstones with scribbled crayon’d names

Cast darker shadows beneath the edges of sanity

Ripped and tattered these empty voices scream

My name in echoes bearing nothing more than seen

 

As I cry

My tears sprout wings and flee from my face

To my knees

Finding only the jagged earth to rest

 

Desires cling to the massive arbors of life

Dreams falter along a winding creviced cliff

Nothing laughs like the air upon my sorrowed face

And I choose to breathe for every breath is free

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[M.King]

Poems aren't really my forte but I couldn't help myself from being completely captured by it. Well done.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much. I am happy you found some enjoyment in my poem.

[SoumyaV]

It was intensely felt and written . The priceless breath of life was subtly expressed .

[Jack...]

Thank you so much

[InsanityWriter]

Very powerful. It takes my breath away. (; The imagery was so strikingly beautiful and vivid, it flowed perfectly. I loved it all, but I think this stanza may have been my favorite... ;)

"Cartoon headstones with scribbled crayon’d names
Cast darker shadows beneath the edges of sanity
Ripped and tattered these empty voices scream
My name in echoes bearing nothing more than seen"

Amazing poem!! :D

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much. I truly appreciate your kind words.

[SilentScreamingTears]

Wow. This is quite well written. Something that happened recently was I admitted to suicidal tendencies and will soon be getting help. To my friends: because of them, I still breathe.

[Jack...]

Please stay breathing, nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Thank you for reading and commenting

[Valentine]

Shall I cry now or later..this sounds a lot like how I have been feeling lately..only where do the tears go and how much does it really help to cry? Does it change anything? Will my husband get well, will what happened in Boston go away..God help us all while we are still here..another for my favorites list..Kathie

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Kathie

[Nick.B]

Love the picture at the top, and after reading the poem, it seems that you don't need that picture, shows the misery and darkness very well, great job

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Nick

[Cara]

amaing one!!!
And I choose to breathe for every breath is free
really great

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much for your kind words

[Cara]

a great writer like you deserves more than my words
your writings' are soo amazing, you are a very great writer :D ^-^

[csnfudsguno]

Absolutely love this. It's dark and intense (Love dark writing) and just plain beautiful. You're writing is amazing. xx
Edit: Also the picture is KILLER!

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much Katt, for your kind words. I truly appreciate you stopping by

[Steven]

Tennyson-like, in content. Maybe a little too dreamy for me, but it's written well.

[Jack...]

Thanks, dreamy seems to be my style often.

[Stella Armour]

Dark and beautiful, you are chained in a dark place but still your spirit is not broken, as you choose to still exist in defiance.
There is so much to be read into the wonderful metaphors of this poem....

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much Stella, for stopping by and leaving such kind words for me.