Keep Breathing

I thought I'd write

to you

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sitting there

reading my words

Between sips of coffee or something stronger

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standing there

examining my thoughts

on the commute

wondering, while waiting for your stop

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lying down

pondering my musings

because life is, well life is just too much

right now

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the funny thing about life

is that it's not about the big things

not always anyway

it's not about

your job that's weighing you down and the pressures of existence

the problems you have with the person you choose to be intimate with

your friendships, loyalties, any of that

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sometimes

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life boils down to just one thing

one simple trick

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breathing

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exhale follows inhale, repeat

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the trick to life, sometimes, is to keep breathing

when things get...

too heavy to bear the load

too crazy to stay sane

too emotional to hold back the tears

just breathe

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: I am not naive, I know there is more to everything than just breathing and simply just breathing will not solve everything. But, when the pressures are too much...it sometimes helps to balance...to take a step back and just breathe. This was a quick bit of stream of consciousness, train of thought thing I put together. I hope it helps someone? It helped me, at the very least.

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