One More Breath

This was written thanks to a writing prompt: [WP] A man gets in a near death situation and his life flashes before his eyes, only he sees parts that haven't happened yet.

May 1st, 2014 - One More Breath (Atheist in the White House)

Dying hurts more
than I thought it would –

Particularly when I’m teased
with a life of have-nots,
promises of a future that leave
my chest rattling as it digs
with a rib-stick.

[Curls fall
flat to humidity but
her eyes are
a fresh river running.]

I was told
my life would flash
before my eyes; I had
no great moments

only grand designs.

[Beer, a wife,
a child, a child, a
dog, a mil’ in the lotto.]

The world
stopped spinning minutes
ago, taken by the dark, sound
swallowed in its muffling glove.

[An atheist
in the white house.]

Damn,
now I really need to live.

I know I have to hold on
just one
               more
                          breath.





©2014 Chloe Bianca