Suffocation

Inhale, exhale.
Breathing is a simple task.
Inhale, exhale.
Two steps, yet it sustains life.
Inhale, exhale.
It's instinctive, primale, but never crude.
Inhale, exhale.
To stop is to die.
Inhale, exhale.

Inhale,
But what if there was a way?
Exhale.
A way to survive without it?
Inhale,
Flourish, even?
Exhale.
Would you try?
Inhale,
Would you survive the attempt?
Exhale.

Inhale,
What if we did try?
What if, right now, we stopped?
Exhale.
Hold it, pause,
It's dizzying, the possibilities,
Inhale,
Or possibly just the effects.
How long could we survive?
Exhale.

Inhale,
I could try.
Right here.
Right now.
Exhale.
I want to try.
Why shouldn't I?
It's an adventure.
Inhale,
It's not hard.
I've gotten rid of hiccups.
I've opened my eyes underwater.
Exhale.

Inhale,
I won't gasp.
I won't cry.
"Do or do not,
There is no try."
Exhale.
Maybe I will jump in a pool.
I could easily hug a pillow.
I could even make a swing
of a rope.
Exhale.
Or,

I could
Exhale

let you
exhale

suffocate
Exhale

me
Exhale.