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Holding Your Breath
October 5, 2018
Think about a time when
you had to hold your breath.
You can feel the
pressure rising in your chest
like the pressure of a boiling pot
with a lid on it.
The water if deprived of oxygen.
Your rib cage is a sizzlig pan,
electric with heat,
ready to catch flame.
Your cheeks like balloons,
ready to burst with pressure.
Ready to give in to your need of oxygen.
Don't let your cheeks turn away from you.
Betrayal is a tree;
it grows taller so you can see it more clearly.
Remember to take a breath when you need it,
for oxygen should be like your rock.
© Erin T., Wichita, KS
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In literature class, we were learning about poetry and figurative language. We had to include similies and metaphors in an original poem about a topic we were given. I was given "holding your breath." So i wrote a poem about, one, the physical feeling of holding your breath. And two, what letting your breath can mean; betrayal. It also taks about the need to take a breath, especially after loss or betrayal.