Psychosis

By Emily Hannah

i could breathe if i wanted to / choke

on salt water / watch fish

chase my slow lungs / flooded

or i could hold my breath under

bubbles / count water / pretend

to know anything about coral / the way it lives

i would forget anything to / stop tides

eyeballing my breath / as if i could

taste pain revolve anything / as if

anything / i could hold / i

hold my breath until

Emily's early work explored heartbreak & longing - she was 7 years old at the time. Since then, she has continued to tuck her whole heart into written word in any way possible.

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