when you inhale,
unseen,
you take my breath from me
or is it my soul
you draw from my lips?
I tighten
as I try to hold it back
but my will is not my own,
some strange force
I cannot comprehend
compels me to continue as
I gasp for life
drowning within your sea.
I try to pull away
but am held by my own compulsion-
the pain is exquisite
intolerable
welcomed.
I come to you
again and again
not to reclaim what is no longer mine
as I have given it freely,
and have no remorse.
I lay no requisition
ask no solace
make no demands
save when the end comes
to retain a small part
ever within you,
a silent whisper,
unseen,
when you exhale.
unseen,
you take my breath from me
or is it my soul
you draw from my lips?
I tighten
as I try to hold it back
but my will is not my own,
some strange force
I cannot comprehend
compels me to continue as
I gasp for life
drowning within your sea.
I try to pull away
but am held by my own compulsion-
the pain is exquisite
intolerable
welcomed.
I come to you
again and again
not to reclaim what is no longer mine
as I have given it freely,
and have no remorse.
I lay no requisition
ask no solace
make no demands
save when the end comes
to retain a small part
ever within you,
a silent whisper,
unseen,
when you exhale.