- Non-Erotic Poetry
- I must breathe
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Click hereI must breathe
It is a weakness
I have not overcome,
I tried: I held my breath
and savored the growing ache,
embraced the darkness
at the edge of vision.
I felt the throb in my head,
the ringing in my ears
and counted sideways,
forgetting up from down,
dizzy in the lack of hope.
I screamed with need,
my lungs gasping for want:
life, liberty and air, sweet air
I inhale.
Forgone I guess,
the conclusion simple:
I must breathe
in the rhythms
of triumph, then despair.
I grab my pen,
I must breathe.
- COMMENTS
LeBrozalmost 17 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 36,000 poems.
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LeBrozover 18 years agoAn "E" that really fits ~
Excellent?
Extraordinary?
writing and breathing,
what's the difference?
Wanton Vixxxenalmost 19 years agoof your quite impressive "E" earned materials, I find this one to be the best, K. It seems your pen took a deep breath and exhaled a fine piece of poetry on this site. <smile> A very creative way to express the creativity of the poet. Bravo!
Vixxx
Bridget69almost 19 years agoand keep things contained when so much vitality can be infused in what you create?
Liaralmost 19 years agoA fine example of what a poem can evolve into when you have an idea and take it as far as it can go. Well deserved E.
My Erotic Talealmost 19 years agoyou been reading where a man has only so many breaths in his life and your trying to prolong it? Holding your breath is like damming the river, the flow will flow, till it can flow no more.
