I blindly see, the riddle of the puzzle

if you notice the title , direct is an opposite of digression(i saw that in a dictionary that shows antonyms of words). i am doing opposites in this piece.

end; that is the reason I cease to be.

as i already explained in comment above.

"The pain of happiness" has to be my favorite out of all the opposites you've used. Love this line.

still the silence of each whisper? - just suggestion.

i am saying the tolling is more powerful than the silence ...this is why it stills it.

Wow how wrong I am

there is no wrong or right, as i have said before everyone reads and understands as they see it.

To drown is to breathe? Or am I not interpreting this correctly?

i thought that breathe is the expulsion of air while breath is the intake, if i am wrong tell me.

Breathe is a verb which I thought would be more appropriate as it is something someone was doing. Breath is a noun so it a little ambiguous if the subject is an action or a name of a thing.

which word would better relay the meaning in this context.

I agree that breathe is the better word here. You take a breath (noun) which is to breathe (verb)

whom? I think that is more grammatically correct, though I could be wrong.

you may be correct but until another comes to read and says the same as you as with breath i will leave it until there is a consensus.

Okay

Honestly not sure which is more correct, but I like the form of this the way it is.

thank you, AMANDA for seeing the meaning of this phrase.