Breathe

Fína Elara 🌙 Petra Patrice

Breathe

 

Breathe.
Breathe, inhale, exhale.
Pause and think before you speak.

 

You’ve been holding in thoughts,
being cursed at for silly things,
for things you don’t understand.

 

Breathe, Inhale, Exhale.
Pause and think before you speak.

 

You take in all the curses,
all the insults,
all the bad words and names…

 

You can’t hold it in anymore.
Breathe, Inhale, Exhale.

 

Because one day, you might explode
like a volcano,
and you won’t be able to take back
the words that were said.

 

Don’t be like them.
Breathe, Inhale, Exhale.
Pause and think before you speak.

 

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    So simple yet so useful and meaningful the advice given is golden in this poem. It is said so lovely in such a peaceful form and it feels like the breathing as I read it. Wonderful and a fave

  • Thomas W Case

    Very cool.

  • rebellion_in_sanity

    This is a poem which...well says something which haunted me for a long time. Breathe or to exolode? How much nonsense is nonsense enough?
    Who knows?
    Nicely done 👍✅

  • rebellion_in_sanity

    This is a poem which...well says something which haunted me for a long time. Breathe or to exolode? How much nonsense is nonsense enough?
    Who knows?
    Nicely done 👍✅

  • arqios

    ah.... breathe!

  • Goldfinch60

    And breathe Petra.😌😛😜

    Andy

  • orchidee

    Good write FE. Now my problem is that I need to breathe, as I held my breath for 24 hours one day. I did it, btu didn't feel well afterwards - eh?? Oh, It's nutty! lol.

    • Fína Elara 🌙 Petra Patrice

      Lol it’s just in cases where a situation occurred and you want to say something terrible to someone because of their actions. Lol.

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      Another fave! That volcano image is what struck me most, Petra. It’s such a vivid reminder of how silence can build until it erupts. Strongly done. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

    • NafisaSB

      fantastic advice set out so beautifully in poetic form, thanks for sharing

    • gray0328

      I have to remind myself to breathe sometimes so this poem hit home. Well done Petra



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