pull out a cigarette
inhale
feel her
in your lungs
exhale
feel her taste
on your tongue
light it up
feel her warmth
and how it stung
*****
*put it out
the smoke disappears
*feel the cancer in your lungs
but she's still here

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Raindrops
Poesia"Will you ever hear me in the rain?" "...?" ***** #157 in Poetry February 12, 2016 #86 in Poetry February 14, 2016
>cigarette
pull out a cigarette
inhale
feel her
in your lungs
exhale
feel her taste
on your tongue
light it up
feel her warmth
and how it stung
*****
*put it out
the smoke disappears
*feel the cancer in your lungs
but she's still here