lifeless

WITHOUT YOUR AIR IN MY LUNGS

I know that you are sleeping

feel the warmth of your skin

just the smell makes me weak

but I dare not wake you now

I would give you

everything you touch

but only when you cannot hear

I dare to say so

I cannot even go

without your air in my lungs

I can't even stand

when you aren't watching

and translucent gray

I become

without your breath

My watch has stopped

under your eyelids

flutters dreams past

inside you are feathery and white

And without a sound

my heart in your hand

I have lost my language

it gets stuck in your hair

I cannot even go

without your air in my lungs

I can't even stand

when you aren't watching

and colorless as a tear

I become

without your breath

I cannot even go

without your air in my lungs

I can't even stand

if you aren't watching

and translucent gray

What would I

without your breath

What would I

without your breath….