Poems & Short Stories

You Left Me Breathless

The first day of first grade we were playing tag,
When I saw you hiding under a tree alone,
And you already took my breath away.
I knew who my soulmate was at six.

Two years later and we were playing tag,
Three years of you and me holding hands.
When we were outside one day I had trouble breathing,
I thought that it was just you.

Three more passed and we were in the sixth grade,
One more summer until we were in middle school!
We were all giddy and terrified at the same time,
We were best friends and we told each other everything.

But it started to get harder to breathe,
I never told you that..
Every time you asked I just said that it was nothing,
It was a little white lie that couldn't do any harm.

Two years later we were in the eighth grade,
And you gave me a promise ring!
I was so happy that my heart nearly burst,
And my lungs were on fire but I thought this was normal.

Three passed and it was the summer before our senior year,
And I was sitting in the doctors office terrified.
He had given me a death sentence,
I had one year to live with the lungs I had.

You will always be the love of my life,
But I was afraid that you would leave me before I left you.
I couldn't think but ironically I could breath,
I left that office and told no one.

It was the end of the school year and you knew something was wrong,
As you were trying to get me to go to the doctors,
I couldn't breathe and I was to lightheaded,
I collapsed in your arms.

I woke up in the hospital with you next to me,
And I knew it was time to come clean.
You had no clue and was blindsided,
The last thing I could say to you was,

I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner,
I was afraid that I would scare you.
I'm sorry that I'm leaving you,
But please dear do not stay heartbroken,

Even though you left me breathless you need to move on.
I took my last breath,
And now I was completely breathless.

Written June 4th, 2018