49: BREATHE

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I breathe life in
Through the thin cracks
Dotted among the surface of suffering
Of the dark valleys,
Of the steamed up engines that fill the streets.
I breathe life in
Through the crowded buses
Through the empty faces,
Through an hours ticking tone.
I breathe life in
Through your gentle touch,
Through your ocean eyes,
Through the comforting pace of your breath.
I breathe life in
Day by day
Hour by hour
Minute by minute
Though drenched in mourning colours
Soaked in crimson red
Chained with endless regrets of steel
I breathe it all in.

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