Open Heart

can't breathe

you ever feel like
you're in a room
full of steam
you deeply inhale
and cough violently
you sit down
take shallow breaths
it's the only way
to catch your breath
but you're still so tense
can't seem to shake off
your nerves
is it because
there's still water in your lungs
are you drowning
in the fear
please
pull me out
i can't breathe