Sestina #1

How can I?
Stop my mind
Make it end, suddenly
Cease my breathing
Get me out of the world I am in
Make it stop

Will it ever stop?
How can I
Exist in the state I am in
In my colorful mind
What a blessing it is be be breath
And to smile, suddenly

He moves so suddenly
I need him to stop
I can feel his breathing
Where am I?
His voice echoes in my mind
How did he get in?

She let me in
This all came so suddenly
She never leaves my mind
Who am I
Without her breathing?

I need them to stop breathing
Insanity is setting in
"How am I?"
Why do you care, suddenly?
I want you to stop
Get these thoughts out of my mind

Never let this feeling stop
I feel so peaceful, only breathing
There is nothing on my mind
I escaped the box I was in
Everything I fears is gone, suddenly
Where was I?

My mind is in chaos
I am breathing again suddenly
And if I don't stop, I may cease to exist

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