Poems from Cassidy Paredes

GIVEN UP

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I
tried
to
breathe.
And I    tried
To fight                        the way
My lungs don’t             seem to want to
Work. They don’t          seem to care that
Every breath is              hard to even
Breathe. Every              time I inhale it
It only hurts more.         So, should I give
Up, like my lungs          Have clearly given
Up on        me?

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