Slow Down and Breathe

Wrote this while listening to Take One Day at a Time by Jennifer Chung

Running constantly

With eyes wides open

But not knowing where the destination is

And not seeing what is ahead

Sometimes breathing too quickly

Sometimes holding the breath too long

But with every breath it doesnt feel better

And even unconsciously it feels suffocating

The world is spinning every day, every second

And everything spinning along with it

Time is flowing the same

Nothing is still and everything flows with it

So you feel like you are constantly trying to keep up

Sometimes you want to get a head but you can't

Sometimes you feel like you are winning

But then you catch yourself losing

Cause sometimes we keep on running knowing the toll it takes on us

Sometimes we just need to slow down in order to catch up

Sometimes we try to breathe thinking breathing comes naturally

Sometimes we just need to teach ourselves to breathe correctly

The pace set by our surroundings and expectation

The pace within our own mind and body

Each one of these are different

The pace by others is not the pace of your own

So slow down and breathe

Find your pace 

See where that leads

And get up and breathe again