"Take A Breath"
A very potent mix
of emotion and dread
mixes with my blood
dilating my eyes
as the air in my lungs
slips out
from between my lips
like silky lines of mist.
The skin over my eyelets
slowly slide closed
as I catch
my next gasp
of breath
filling my entire chest
where it holds
for what feels
like eternity
pretending like
it's the edge of death
allowing me
to sink away
in the absence of the motion of it.
Falling deeper
and deeper still
into a darkness of calm
as galaxies
and nebulas
pass me by,
swirling vortexes
of reality
and light
dissipate into black
and finally
the air in my chest
releases
and my eyelids pull back
as my newly formed eyes
begin to again
glimpse the world
with calm again.
-Armando Torres
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