Just Breathe: Take Life as If It’S Borrowed; God Never Promised You Tomorrow

By Esmeralda Murati

Just Breathe is a composition of many diverse poems directed to withstand life stressors and face emotional taboos. This book is designed to paint a picture of endless emotions that we experience daily. Some may find this book exhilarating, and some may see it as liberating to correlate what one feels but is unable to speak out loud. We experience so much in our short lives that breathing sometimes becomes almost impossible. This book was written with the intention to explore those deep emotions and put clarity to what seems unbearable.

Due to unfortunate circumstanceswhether natural disasters or self-created chaoswe may feel as if our lungs have been taken hostage, leaving us fighting for air. Just Breathe shows the battles we all face in life and the beauty of our strength when we stand tall and selfishly fight for our will to breathe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543414059

Esmeralda Murati

Esmeralda Murati was born in Albania but raised in the Bronx. She got her bachelor of arts degree from Lehman College and her masters degree in social work at Fordham University. Esmeralda works as a school social worker in an elementary school in the Bronx. She works with students struggling with various disabilities and/or a mental health illness. She has been writing since middle school, when she barely knew how to speak English. Esmeralda has embraced the idea of free writing as a therapeutic tool to overcome, express, and explain daily stressors. Just Breathe is Esmeralda’s writing debut. She has used her past experiences of the many struggles she faced as a foreigner, such as bullying and rejection, to create the stories in her book. Esmeralda has overcome much internal pain through her writing and hopes that others will relate and embrace poetry as an emotional, beautiful mess.

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Copyright © 2017 by Esmeralda Murati.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2017905428

ISBN:      Hardcover            978-1-5434-1407-3

                Softcover             978-1-5434-1406-6

                eBook                  978-1-5434-1405-9

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Rev. date: 04/13/2017

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Contents

1.   Two brazen doves

2.   Pocketed melody

3.   Promise me

4.   My dove

5.   Underpass

6.   You were you

7.   Carving out a cage

8.   Destructive heir

9.   You were my beauty

10.   When I think of you, my baby

11.   I hate you, but I don’t

12.   I’m not easy to love

13.   Wasn’t at all a prize

14.   Was my need for it too great

15.   I went in head first

16.   She only loved one, instead

17.   Life is a miracle

18.   I felt it

19.   Time became my enemy

20.   I lost all control

21.   Forgive him

22.   Detrimental

23.   Hi, I’m a norm

24.   I mourn

25.   My loss in faith

26.   I went on the grid

27.   In the end

28.   Harsh

29.   I pledged

30.   A day as dark as this

31.   A life for a life

32.   Only post a chipped tooth

33.   A color does not define quality

34.   We stand on solid ground

35.   The world she provokes

36.   Be her endurance

37.   Body, mind, and heart

38.   Golden star

39.   Up to you

40.   Thorns

41.   A fight to the end

42.   Couldn’t deny its desire

43.   Which emotions to unlock

44.   String of webs

45.   Invisible warriors

46.   I carry flaws

47.   Not oblivious

48.   Smile it all away

49.   Just Breathe

50.   I am happy today

51.   Special box

52.   A true story

53.   You are not alone

54.   Hell and heaven combined

55.   I met myself formally

Your life is your own personal canvas; it’s your own work of art.

Paint it with your words, your love and compassion for others.

It may be a mess, but it’s your own beautiful mess.

Two brazen doves

As he opened his eyes, he saw the body that lies

On the arms so big and strong

He vowed to protect her from this day on

To never harm even a hair

To ensure her safety, he solemnly swears

He vowed to never let go

Love her as she deserves to be loved so

To take her to the ends of eternity

And live every day with her purposefully

As her body awoke

Stretching from her head to her toes

She smelled the most delicious fragrance

That aroma gave her an endless sensation

She did not need to see

Where he could possibly be

She knew he was near and to have no fear

For this man holds her every breath

His words alone get her to undress

No command is necessary

This beautiful man one day she’ll marry

And birth his children with his name

And count her blessing from the day he came

Into her world uninvited

And into her heart undecided

But she knew from very on

He would be her favorite song

Good morning, my love, how do you feel?

He asked while her neck began to reveal

"I feel happier than yesterday

Does it sound cliché as I say?"

She smiled big and bright

As his hands and her nightdress began to fight

"No, my love, it does not

For if you’re happy, I have done my job

As your lover I declare to see

The happiest you could possibly be

And if I am the reasoning behind your smile

Then you have made my life worthwhile"

"Then naturally, I must confess

Before you remove anymore of this nightdress

You are the reasoning behind it all"

She said as she began to crawl

Up the body she claimed

The man who made her feel unashamed

To show such passion and lust

To the only love she trusts

"You, my love, are a precious rose

Something to cherish and to behold

You are what dreams are made of

You are the definition of that great love

I may sound mushy and poetic as I say

Will you marry me someday?

Will you be my wife?

Will you fulfill my life?

Will you bear my children?

Will you join me in this life’s mission?

Will you trust on