The Cox Phenomenon

Here it is again. The gallows of woman-
   hood - the debilitation which validates
the condition.

Someone tell me; does living through
  a pandemic give you license to breathe,
in the midst of those who cannot?

Or shall I shift the gearstick into neutral
  and roll into a pasture?

Maybe you'll drown with me at the bottom
  of the lake?

Like the time I read
       that we have just three minutes to live
but every time we breathe it resets the clock.

Wrap your head around such a fragile
    existence. And contrast it with the
woman born limbless
                                   who flies planes.