Soothing words spoken through split lips

Take a second to breath
Stop your hands from shakin
Don't think about the fighting in your head
And the mental blows you have taken

just try to exhale
and apply some pain killers
then at this point when your
mind could not be any stiller

Slow your breathing and your heartbeat
And focus on the battle at hand
Keeping yourself from blacking out
Its a struggle just to stand

Pretend you didn't just break someones jaw
Forget that he stabbed you back
He isn't saying anything now
And an opinion he seems to lack

Go home to your family
Enjoy what you have left
Think about what is here
And not of the life bereft

Let these words fill your mind
Let them bring you to grips
These my friend are soothing words
Spoken through split lips

I am here
Taking the same breath
Praying that this game of life
Doesn't go into sudden death