While I Breathe

from Ink the Lines by Chris Spirit Brown

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Let me settle down into my hole
It's gonna be cold or warm if I want
My shelter of self and retrospect
This is my home

The chirps of birds and the blares of carhorns
I mute them out and I turn my head
Toward the TV, bending forth
Its screen is blank

It's all me
And I, I am not free
Might I leave
While I breathe

My phone's buried deep and my voice is logged off
I ignore their comfort calls
Shut my mouth with no response
Can't cope like them

Drained inside this empty furnace
Feeling chills and cramps and sweats
Shaking legs and muffled cries
My lips shut tight

It's all me
And I, I am not free
Might I leave
While I breathe

Self-subversive, it's recursive
Can this even end
There's a glutton in the mirror
Will he ever move again

Hatred and fear of the outside
Not much different in my home
No escape, no clear direction
Can't like myself

It's all me
But I, I will be free
I shall leave
I can breathe

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from Ink the Lines, released October 25, 2019

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