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Please, Breathe.
  Please, breathe.
  I know you didn't ask to be kissed by hell
  lay waste to in open frozen air
  Breathe in,
  because I will be your lighthouse
  when you cannot see the shore.
  Breathe out,
  because there are words inside of me
  that I do not yet know how to utter
  words to promise that your wings will dry
  that what you have seen is not the extent of your sky.
  Breathe in,
  because there are many kisses I have yet to give,
  and without you my hands are cold.
  Breathe out,
  because your skies may be stormy
  and the wind may steal your breath,
  but we can sit together
  wait for the hurricane to come to rest.
  Breathe in,
  because I cannot sleep without your air
  and always I wish to feel you here
  Breathe out,
  because you have so many stories still to live,
  and a thousand left to tell,
  a hundred heros for you to be
  A million smiles the world needs to see.
  Breathe in,
  because scars are not battles you have lost,
  but battles won to keep you here.
  Breathe out,
  because the battlefield is not yet cleared
  There is waste to be cleaned
  but there is nothing to be feared.
  Breathe in,
  because if I could be anywhere in the world
  it would be somewhere next to you.
  Breathe,
  because you deserve life, too.

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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."<br /> ~ Lao Tzu