She gave to me
What's dead in me
And lead me
To the indebted and undoubted
Irresistable silence of one single breath
But I was better off
Without it...




Breathe in
But please leave it be
Because your next words might very well
Become the living end of me

I'm kneeling at our fountain
Tossing pennies
Making wishes and praying the bucket doesn't tip
Wondering if,
When, and how
We ever let it slip
And now
It's all coming down
In a hailstorm of poison laced javelin declarations
To sucking chest wounds
Target: Heart
Laid to rest...

Breathe in
Take it in
Speak not and hold it in
Until your heart quickens
Then ceases
Don't trust in me to pick up the pieces
Because what you're going to say
Isn't going to erase
A lifetime of collective sighs
Severed ties
Elicit lies and exit signs
When escape leads to the same place, anyways




One single breath
Is all it takes
To shatter everything I hold onto
One single breath
Is all it takes
To say...
"...I love you."

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