Collapsed lung

Who thought breathing could be such an ordeal?
I've practiced it my whole entire life;
Who knew what this pain meant, how it would feel?
A dagger through my chest, a turning knife.

Somehow I feel relieved that it occurred;
What better way to leave this wicked world?
What triggered this? What wrath did I incur?
I probably should have let it all unfurl;

But somehow I picked up the phone and called
The nurses at the Kaiser hospital;
The doctor said I'm lucky though I stalled;
My lung returned a verdict of acquittal.

Survived the pain of life's sharp piercing sword;
But left to me, I would have pulled the cord.