Friend or Foe

Air

Air has no care

It simply is

Floating

Through hair

Around bear

Up the street

Traveling between feet

Air

I like it there

Between me and you

My invisible shield

The unseen wall between us

When I walk it makes room for me

There is nothing for you to see

Air

It carries my doom

My sickness

Spreading disease

It fills my lungs

It leaves

Leaving me

Breathless

Gasping

In bed with a cold

Air

My friend

My foe

Why must you be so?

I am dependent on you

And you on nothing

But, do you have magic?

If you do

Can you do what I need you to?

 
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W.Slay4Honors

VT

17 years old

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