INHALE, EXHALE

Struggling to live

Fighting for air

Inhale, exhale

Suffocating in despair

Gulping, gasping

I can't catch my breath

I'm hyperventilating

In this kind of living death

Oxygen deprived

Lips turning blue

In a stifling depression

I'm trying to work through

It's a breathless struggle

A winded hope

Trying to stay alive

Every moment, trying to cope

They tell me to breathe

To take a deep breath

I just want to stop suffering

This kind of living death

Inhale, exhale

Holding my breath

I'm trying to make sense

Of this slow painful death