the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » one_story https://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 Don’t stop breathing https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/dont-stop-breathing/ https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/dont-stop-breathing/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Don’t stop dancing–
falling down stairs
in a one story ranch house.
Don’t stop breathing child–
the violent blue will return
to skin, violently healing.
Broken is the mind and swollen
the fingers around a rock
fighting for focus away
from a mind, four times as old.
Cold are the roads away from any Father
that chases.

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