7.5 million breaths
for when gentleness is unnatural
they say
I should put space
.
between
.
.
my thoughts
But my thoughts want to race and rush one into the other and never cease never slow never risk going so still I drown———
breathe
deep
deep
deeper
hold your breath
inside of your chest
for a count of four
exhale
slowly
slowly
slower
than your inhale
(Join me. Really.)
it took
3 years
ten thousand miles
20,000 breaths a day
22,000,000,000 breaths
but these practices
actually calm
this racing heart
this pacing mind
Visual poetry elements by the author.
About the Creator
Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA
Writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media and an MFA in Fiction from NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.
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