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

[Souladareatease]

A most Beautiful write!!!
Steeped in Dark-lonely sorrow, but still with Heart of Walking ever forward!!!
Incredible!!!

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my new friend. I like that word" incredible".

[Souladareatease]

lol--earned!!!

[Sourav]

Lovely... enjoyed your words. Wonderful and intense write!

[Jack...]

Thank you so much.

[Veronica Chandler]

The only words I have for this exquisite piece is sweet, agonizing simplicity; just "...breathe for every breath is free..."

[Jack...]

Thank you so much my sweet Veronica.

[A.E. Surdam]

The last line is killer. Absolutely liberating and breathtaking. A wonderful write. Great job!

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much.

[Dhaye]

"And I choose to breathe for every breath is free."
We encountered different troubles in life, but still we chose to go on. We breathe...we continue to live.
Well-penned, Jack. Thanks for sharing this! :)

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much.

[Lily Mae]

Can I marry you? lol.. Your words are always beautiful and of divine nature..xo

[Jack...]

Lily Mae, I do always appreciate your sweet and kind reviews and now your proposals. :)>

[Frieda P]

I live in and among your words Jack, you own every one of my tears. This one cut like a knife....glad you ended it on a high note. Love 'nothing laughs like the air upon my sorrowed face'...this one will remain with me for a long time, can't say more. 100/100

[Jack...]

Frieda dear, if I have managed to impress you then I have impressed myself. Thank you so very much.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Such an amazing piece of writing! I'm in love with the imagery of this one. So heavy are your words, and so filled with bereft emotion and stark reality. I simply love the way that you present things; your words and phrasing are always so fantastic. I just need to sit and take this one in for a while...

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much. I am pleased you enjoyed this. It is a little out of my realm and I was curious how it would be accepted.

[Kristallo]

Grim. Phenomenal. This is heavily visual and incredibly described... your imagery never fails to astound me in its subtle brilliance.

Ripped and tattered these empty voices scream
My name in echoes bearing nothing more than seen

You write from a place I am so familiar with. I adored the way you described the tears from your face sprouting wings- so original and poignant, the whispers of your soul are blue and slow like honey... Also, the last two lines of this piece are immaculate absolutes. I am so enamored with your poetry, each new write is something profound and inspiring. Well done, Jack.

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much my sweet friend. I appreciate always your kind words.