When I Can Breathe Freely, I Want: Poem by gina prettybrowneyes

To play tag with my two little brothers on sunny days
When they plead with that sweet dew-dropp look in their eyes

To chase them gleefully around the field
Without my breath coming in short little gasps within minutes

I want to play basketball and
Football and
Tennis and
Baseball and
Ultimate Frisbee
For a period of time longer than five minutes

To score in the court, in the field,
To have the ball passed to me because I can be trusted with it

I want to feel the wind in my hair,
To feel the ground falling away beneath my feet

I wait.
For doctor’s appointments and speech therapy sessions.

I wait until I learn the breathing exercises and
Until I get my reflux that causes my breathing issue under control

I wait to breath freely for the first time in my remembered life;
I want to be able to live without bodily constraints.

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For more info on Laryngopharyngeal Reflux visit http: //www.nycornell.org/ent/Laryngopharyngeal.reflux.html

For more info on Vocal Cord Dysfunction vist
www.cantbreathesuspectvcd.com