A Breath of Fresh Air

​Grab your books, 
she says.
Quiet those voices, 
she says.

A walk down the hall, 
is that all it takes?

Push open the door,
just a smidgen more.

All of a sudden,
I can breathe.

Cobwebs be gone,
limbs stretch out.

Find a cozy spot,
under a tree
against a wall
next to a friend
on the ground.

Crack open the spine,
a boy learning he's a wizard
a girl trying to speak the words in her heart
a boy who put all of his feelings in a suitcase
a robot turning into a mother.

​A breath of fresh air.