I Breathe - A Ghazal Carrying untold uncertainty in my head, I breathe Cramming my heart with verses unsaid, I breathe. Not blood but fluid of grief runs through my veins Teeming umber eyes with tears unshed, I breathe. My ears often ring with cacophony of my brain Slathering hope over my wounds so red, I breathe. With crumbling of bones and collapsing muscles And with feet stumbling on every tread, I breathe. These lips blanched and lifeless, devoid of smile With skin reeking of an unnamed dread, I breathe. How are you breathing, wielding such pain, Sweta? With a fading hope for bright days ahead, I breathe. I Breathe - A Ghazal Carrying untold uncertainty in my head, I breathe Cramming my heart with verses unsaid, I breathe. Not blood but fluid of grief runs through my veins Teeming umber eyes with tears unshed, I breathe.