b r e a t h e
her body lays still, graying skin
and dying on the hospital bed
not even her lungs want to deliver
her air but we are all longing
for her to breathe
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her body lays still, graying skin
and dying on the hospital bed
not even her lungs want to deliver
her air but we are all longing
for her to breathe
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I like how you have people around that want to breathe for this woman. How often we want to give life to someone and we just can’t. Beautiful poem.
I like how this poem centers its subject and also takes on a collective voice. You include your reader with the speakers–we want her to breathe, too.