why I keep breathing

A Poem by Seri Valentino

On recognizing a pull, a timelessness, and a will to live underneath despair and depression.

The happiness in my heart doesn’t always reach my face
It dies out
In the energy expended trying to reach through my mouth
To confirm to myself and the world
I do smile

I have reason to breath
To be happy
To feel okay

Nevertheless it is there
Sparking in different intervals
Now glowing more colors than you could easily imagine
Wanting to overflow
Frantically sweeping away shadows
Back into the dark

And that is why I am here
Why I keep breathing
Crying to empty out the lonely dust
Hiking, trudging, and slipping down (anxious) mountains
Writing
To understand
My own galaxies
Fathom
To sing a song which is not yet mine
Night after night
Into this starry sky

s.z.v