We talk at each other
Empty words fill the air
Stagnant
Hanging
Cacophony
Restricting
Bile
In
My
Throat
Pulsing
Against
My chest
Mind racing
Full of things
We should
Have said
But it's left
Far behind
Between the lines
Somewhere
Between
Eighteen
And now
And I
Recall
When we could
Read between
Every breath
Every line
Every sigh
Your body
Next to mine
Synchronized
Ecstasy
Realized
Your heart sewn
Unto mine
Now the space
Separates
Stitches burst
Unmended
The space grows
Cancerous
Entity
Unto itself
Heavy
Heady
Suffocating
Lead arrows pierce
Between ribs that
Once held gold ones
Fertile soil that once
Boasted the most
Crimson roses
Now filled with ash
Decimated
Desolate
Sterile
Barren
But I suppose
That is how most
Brilliant flames must
Always conclude
Once bright
Alight
Alive
Even
Forest
Fires of
Desire
Burn out
They must
They will
Dissipate
They will fade
Into
Nothing
Retracting
Collapsing
Into
Themselves
Nothing
Can burn
That long
Without fuel
Scorched
Bruised
Smoking
Choking
Stagnant
Fetid
Heavy
Hanging
Breathless
Silent
Empty words fill the air
We talk at each other
