I felt my lungs seal up tightly
Not wanting to allow the feeling to enter.
They resisted, fought the good fight,
But in the end the snow will always be dominant over our human needs.
Sometimes resistance will keep you powerful
But sometimes you have to recognize that it’s not worth the fight.
When the fight consumes you
Holds you to the ground
Choking you because it’s got nowhere else to go
That’s when you know the path is getting too overgrown.
When thickets surround you
And you’re ensnared in vines that hang from trees
When they just want to pull you up by the wrists and shake you
Shake you senseless
The same way your friends want to
That’s when you know its time to throw in the towel.
I’m still sorry about choking all over you this morning.
It must have been gross to watch.
I just couldn’t keep the thought in my lungs
Maybe i should have excused myself to the bathroom to cough like that
Instead of spewing you with a cough that now just worries you
Especially when you see it in me.
We’ll be okay, kid.
I’m not too worried, and you shouldn’t be either.
We’ll get through it, kid.
We always seem to come back.
I’ll watch your back because, shit,
I know you’re watching mine right now.
It’s just the way things have become in the here and the now.
And it’s nothing to lose sleep over
We’re something special, kid
And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
-lbr
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