To be dragged awake each day and feel the knot against my throat, then in my mind pull tight till breath stops–
and count the length of a breath,
then another,
then one more.
And relent.
To be dragged awake each day and feel the knot against my throat, then in my mind pull tight till breath stops–
and count the length of a breath,
then another,
then one more.
And relent.