Moments that take your breath away

Moments that take your breath away 

Aren’t always happy ones 

They are close to death calls 

Where your lungs refuse to inhale 

Refuse to draw air into them 

And leave you gasping

For that colourless, odourless substance

That grants life everyday 

To different people

 

Moments that take your breath away 

Aren’t always magical ones 

They are those near death experiences

Where you watch loved ones' hearts 

Break into a million pieces  

At the thought of an existence without you

They are those moments 

Where you fear dying least 

But being forgotten when you leave most 

 

Moments that take your breath away 

Aren’t always pleasant ones 

They are those moments where 

The acquaintances you refer to as friends 

Depart from your clutch 

Pulling your heart strings 

And taking pieces of you with them 

 

Moments that take your breath away 

Can be heartbreaks

Moments when your chest caves inwards

And the oxygen inside your body refuses

To circulate your body 

And your organs slowly shutdown 

Refusing to give you life 

 

But do not dwell on them 

Dwell on brand new days 

An extension of your days on earth 

Being granted to you 

Where love is shared with you 

When smiles radiate positive energy your way 

And beating hearts rejoice with you

Those are the moments that give you life