I'll try to pretend
That you didn't crush my lungs
With the weight of your words,
And that you didn't cling to bones,
Like the smoke of the cigarettes you
Always had on you.
I'll try to pretend
YOU ARE READING
Pretend
RandomOne by one, drops fell from her eyes like they were on an assembly line - gather, fall, slide...gather, fall, slide...each one commemorating something she had lost. Hope. Faith. Confidence. Pride. Security. Trust. Independence. Joy. Beauty. Freedom...
Prolouge
I'll try to pretend
That you didn't crush my lungs
With the weight of your words,
And that you didn't cling to bones,
Like the smoke of the cigarettes you
Always had on you.
I'll try to pretend
