The Asthma Song

By Shreya

My clothes are dry,

My hair does fly,

But why can’t I breathe?—

’Cause I’m drowning in the air.

No gurgling sound,

No bubbles around,

But I am sinking slowly in—

’Cause I’m drowning in the air.

No hand to pull me out,

I’m stuck in one place now.

Can’t bring my inhaler down,

And I’m drowning in the air.

Do you know what it’s like,

To watch death tease your life?

It’s no dream, it’s a snare—

To be drowning in the air.

By Shreya