What a fortnight it's been. A reminder to #breathe from Lynne Ungar
Breathe, said the wind.
How can I breathe at a time like this,
when the air is full of the smoke
of burning tires, burning lives?
Just breathe, the wind insisted.
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Breathe, said the wind.
How can I breathe at a time like this,
when the air is full of the smoke
of burning tires, burning lives?
Just breathe, the wind insisted.
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Easy for you to say, if the weight of injustice
is not wrapped around your throat,
cutting off all air.
I need you to #breathe.
I need you to breathe.
Don’t tell me to be calm
when there are so many reasons
to be angry, so much cause for despair!
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is not wrapped around your throat,
cutting off all air.
I need you to #breathe.
I need you to breathe.
Don’t tell me to be calm
when there are so many reasons
to be angry, so much cause for despair!
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I didn’t say to be calm, said the wind,
I said to #breathe.
We’re going to need a lot of air
to make this hurricane together.”
--Lynn Ungar
I said to #breathe.
We’re going to need a lot of air
to make this hurricane together.”
--Lynn Ungar
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