My chest caves 

Pain and Pressure felt in seconds

All at once

 

I smile to hold it together

Binding myself to reality

But I am falling apart

I reap what is sowed

 

I converse to preoccupy

Ignoring the compression

I am unfocused on what is said

The torment reigns on 

 

I laugh to fight back the tears

Soldiering on, front line defense

But the Battle is overwhleming

I surrender to its will 

 

The Pain grows, increasingly

Steady with each breath

My heart crumbles

My lungs struggle

My words lost

My body falters

My mind blank

 

When does it end?

When will it end?

The pain....

....or me