Mirage.

emptying.

I can't sleep at night,

It has been so, for the past two years.

I can still feel your warmth,

It surrounds me.

It suffocates me.

You had walked away,

You had left me cold

Without the promise of your breath against my neck.

Broken and scarred,

I simply lie awake.

I cannot close my eyes,

For I see you in my dreams.

I see us,

when we didn't know what we know now.

My arms feel so hollow,

I wish I could stop you from slipping away.

I wish I could hold you.

I wish my winter ended, in the summer

That was your embrace,

That was your breath.

I want to go home.

To the sound of your heartbeat.

Why don't you see,

I cannot breathe without you.

Why don't you see,

I have stopped breathing without you.