Breathe, breathe, breathe!

Breathe, breathe, breathe

You can do this! You can do this!

Grandma, Great-grandma I'm calling you

Breathe, breathe, breathe

I'm breakable! I know this now

Come to me and assuage this excruciating pain

Grandma, Great-grandma you are with me

You tell me, "breathe, breathe, breathe"

I can't let the pain control my spirit

I can't let the pain take over my mind

Breathe, breathe, breathe

I'm lying on the ground, but I'm still here

A thousands of thoughts crossing my head

and I just keep telling myself, "breathe, breathe, breathe"

The adrenaline keeps me from screaming out of pain

I'm breakable! I know this now

Needles and more needles

I can't feel them anymore

A long trip ahead

Hours and hours and I'm still here feeling this biting pain

Hours and hours and I must stay strong

Needles and needles

Medicine and medicine, but I'm still in dreadful pain

Thousands of thoughts in my mind

Will I make it on time?

Will I walk along a heavenly beach again?

Will I climb a Hawaiian mountain again?

Will I keep exploring this magical world?

Breathe, breathe, breathe

The pain is so harrowing that for a second I see myself dying

I close my eyes and hear these words, "You can't die. You're eternal."

I'm breakable and I know this now

I could die and I'm grateful for my life

I could die now and I don't regret anything

I could die, but my spirit will never die

Breathe, breathe, breathe

I close my eyes and I feel my body like a ghost

My body wanting to heal itself

What a powerful thought!

I'm perfect! My body is perfect!

Breathe, breathe, breathe

My body is breakable, but my spirit is unconquerable!

Photograph by Engin Akyurt