breathing underwater has become a learned activity
those that you know but you never grasp fully
and if you do not hold it properly
it will
s
l
i
p
from your grasp,
t
u
m
b
l
i
n
g
back to the arid land
that is my chest.
*
everyday I relearn the art
of breathing underwater
some days are more successful than others
others I drown in my relentless tears
others still, I succumb to the numbness in my leaded limbs
following blindly the static in my vision