1, 2, 3

Breath 1, 2, 3.
God please,
This air you breathe,
you intake and 
the O2 that suffocates,
Then the moment in time 
when all stands still,
that moment in time 
makes it hard to swallow.
Smell the roses, 
Blow out the candles.
You throw it back up
all because of your heart,
which beats so fast 
it breaks the skin,
rips out your chest
still continuing to pump 
in your hands, 
making you fall into 
the 6 foot grave dug out 
just for you.
Or wait maybe you don't fall,
maybe you keep on 
living an ordinary day,
keep on seeing 
the sunsets at night.
But this time you don't feel,
you don't breath that dirty air,
you don't hurt anymore,
you don't have to eat
or sleep,
your troubles slide away,
Cold water to your face.
And maybe you could still love,
something you didn't get
while your heart still danced 
in your chest,
you could still laugh,
smile, play. 
Or maybe you'd still be that empty shell and slowly rot away.  








 

LilacsSweetAroma

VT

18 years old

More by LilacsSweetAroma

  • Hike in the woods

    The piercing air unwelcoming to tough bones, refreshing and soft in breathes.

    The only noise in the quiet wood
    birds humming a song.
    One leg after the other.
    Gazing at dead skies and the vast space,

  • Stage fright

    Standing still,
    Frozen from finger tip to finger,
    Trapped in place, 
    Fear clinging to my skin,
    Fear crawling up my spine,
    Fear wrapped around my neck,
    Do not move,
    A single twitch setting off the alarms,

  • Motherly love


    All I remember about my beginning was dark, all around me pitch deep black.

    Nothing  but flecks of color when I close my eyes to rest. 

    Until the day I looked toward her light,