Don't Hold Your Breath

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When there was jealousy and desperation,

in the air I breathe,

It's because I breathe you like you were my oxygen,

Suffocating, struggling,

You were so breathtaking-

But I thought if one day,

You could be the air around me,

then I don't mind being a little breathless.

I have always been so sure that without you,

the world will turn airless for me.

But now I can find myself breathing the scent of green leaves,

Standing tall and taking in,

Of the air that wasn't you anymore

You aren't so breath-taking, even from the beginning,

I was just holding my breath.