breathe

Early in the morning
you can hear
the land breathe in
and exhale.

Ribcage Cracked and Spread

My heart is open
and it is bleeding

Like a scalpel 
through my skin

Like my sternum 
cracked open

Like my ribs
spread apart

Like my stunned heart
beating in the air

I will not forget 
the scars

I will remember 
and I will fight

Until life rescinds
its gift

Feelings flicker through us 
like so many breathes of air.

thick air

Choke on the air

too thick to breath

                        it sits heavily

comes to rest 

            in our lungs

heave
           with heavy


discomfort