Most of the time, we don't realize how much breath is Life.

Most of the time, we don't even realize we're breathing.

I did realize I was breathing

When I was dragged back to the surface

And forced to use my lungs.

Before that, I was floating

In my drowned Universe,

Without thinking,

Without feeling.

Everything felt far away,

So unreal.

When I breathed,

It hurt

So much.

Then, I realized I was alive

I was out of water,

It was Hell.

But then I realized I was breathing.

In some way, it was the first time

I was breathing.

The other breaths, full of ignorance,

Were nothing.

It hurt.

But it was the first time

I was feeling alive.