What Suffocation Feels Like

It is the desirable urge to escape.

It is the battle you have with yourself once you’re tired of fighting,

wondering whether you should give up or not

It is that moment you stop fighting,

taking an attempt at a clean breath.

It is the heat in your body

cascading through you,

flooding your thoughts and all you want

is to get out.

It is the counterproductive feeling you get

when someone tells you they love you,

hurting you all the way.

It is the feeling of a failure at your feet, 

dragging you down with them.

It is the fear inside you,

telling you you can’t win.