Counting

4/2/11
Counting quickly in my head,
Squeezing my eyes shut,
My hands play with the niche’s
in the walls, pinning myself down,
I breathe out through my nose,
And I rely on the air in my lungs,
And I am trying to teach them
to hold on a little longer,
Forgetting how not to breathe
is so against human nature.
And time’s up! So quickly
an icy chill greets my scalp
as I finally break the surface.