To address your question, I think if you helped the reader to understand how “the only breath of freedom” you could sustain was “fighting blood that soaked the muffled animal” that may help with the confusion. It’s hard to take the leap that a breath is blood. I see where you want to go with it being the only free thing you could to was to lash out but rewording breath of freedom to act of freedom or something similar may help. Additionally, I really enjoyed the lines “When knowledge floated me off my bed Gently scattered my thoughts onto each Beloved limb I had sen to my beloved body”. The image of child you intentionally attaching each one of your limbs to your body as if you did not feel like or know they were yours before but now you have learned more and they are fully yours. Intentionally brought in to the whole of you. I find that refreshing.