I Can't Breathe

I can't breathe.

I'm still waiting to exhale.

Holding my breath.

I'm near sudden death.

I'm praying, hoping, wishing

On one shining star

To come and light my path.

Illuminate my darkest parts.

Shine on my deepest fears.

Take away these burdens, my fears.

I can't breathe.

I'm still waiting to exhale.

To breathe out this anguish.

The disappointments from

False expectations that

Left me alone and lonely.

I can't breathe.

I'm still waiting to exhale.

Then inhale

A breath of fresh air.

Something out of the norm.

An abnormality that

Refuses to conform

To this world,

To the acceptance of

Mediocrity and assimilation

To society's wrapped

Sense of morality.

I can't breathe.

I'm still waiting to exhale.

Then inhale the Truth

Which liberates me

Frees me from the constraints

Of mind games that

Have me tripping into sin,

Stumbling over transgressions,

And then falling...

Falling in love with The One

Who breathes into me

The Breath of Life

So that I can finally exhale

And then inhale Him,

His presence, His glory,

His righteousness, His love.

Now I can exhale.

Kendy Ward