Okay, Breathe

You tell me to breathe deeply.

You think my breath is shallow

to reflect my personality. 

The truth is it’s so hot,

it bakes my lungs to crisps.

One day when autumn

turns to winter,

lungs will cool and I

will deeply breathe.

inspired by day 28, Okay, Breathe, in the Garden of Neuro Institute Poetry Circle, and

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/opposing-forces-saturday-mix-28-september-2024/

and

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/rdp-saturday-crisps/

and

https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/09/28/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-6/ 

published in Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/nolcha/p/okay-breathe?r=xwogn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true