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Breathe

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Published: Feb 24, 2015

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Literature Text

Take me to the city
press me to the leather seat
hit the gas and roll down the windows

Let the wind tangle in my hair
and close my eyelids
as it whispers in my ear

Stories of the world we drive by
of how old the trees are
and how young the children remain

Saturate the world in words
in verbs and adjectives
in nouns that tell tales

Wrap me in music
close the windows and hug me tight
then go

Go to the girl there
who shuffles her feet and drags her toes
who looks about to give up

She is a bit like me
so pull up beside her and open the door
and take her

Press her to the leather of the seat
roll down the windows and show her the world

Give her the reason to smile and live and breathe
like you and they couldn't give to me