what if?

what if I could inhale the ocean into my lungs
fill my heart with salt water
pump it through my veins 
and survive?
what if I could beathe metal
how many lives could I save from shootings and wars?
what if I could bring extinct creatures back to life
just by thinking realy hard 
what if I could save the world
just by breathing 
or thinkning 
or loving 
or writing 
or, or wait 
maybe I can't save the world 
by doing those things
but I can change it
I just have to chose to. 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

More by Inkpaw

  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker