The lovely little lady said "breathe, my friend, just breathe
Just take it in and let it out and set your mind at ease".
My knuckles flashed so whitely. My face was crimson red.
Anxiety was spinning hard and racing through my head

So I set back and listened as she spoke so knowingly
Of love and life and happiness and things that set you free
She asked so many questions of all that I had done
Of how I grew and what I knew and how I made my fun.

We spoke for many hours on my complicated life
Of love and life and happiness, of pain and rain and strife
And then the lady said again please" breathe, my friend, just breathe
Just take it in and let it out and set your mind at ease"

I listened to her closely, enraptured by her spell
On how to shed anxiety and climb out of this hell
She said to focus inwardly to focus yes on me
Not to be distracted and just let others be

I followed so contentedly to all that she had said
And long at last I've done the task, and cleaned my cluttered head
No more will I be anxious, for what all others do
I'll simply focus in on me and never more be blue

And yes I will remember those words she said to me
Just calming words of wisdom that at last set me free
The words they ring so clearly, please "breathe, my friend, just breathe
Just take it in and let it out and set your mind at ease"