The Thinker's Thoughts - Poems from the Heart & Mind

9. Just Breathe

They tell us to just breathe, 

To inhale light

To relax, to exhale 

All negative feelings

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails

Miserably...

So often do I wonder, "don't they see?"

"Don't they get it?"

Can't they tell that breathing is not 

What will pull me through?

Some people say that breathing can change 

Our mental state in seconds,

But don't they realise that maybe 

It is something we need to process,

To work through?

I am so tired of being told 

To breathe through it

To 'think positive thoughts'

Because sometimes, all I need 

Is a safe space

To let go, 

To be vulnerable.

Is that really too much to ask?

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Hannah xox