By sassy
Date: 2005 Oct 30
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[[2005.10.30.08.24.9027]]

If You Leave Me...

"I'll die if you leave me."
Isn't that what lovers say?
I confess, I thought the same
but I find that I am far from dead,
and you are gone.
In fact, I am painfully alive.
I feel the protracted passing
of each moment,
I stack them up into long, empty hours.
I feel each breath as it inflates
my aching chest.
I feel every swallow over the lump
in my throat.  
Every motion, every sound is amplified
every thought beats a tattoo of memory
your name echoes in my mind.
It feels like I will be blocked here
in anguish, forever.

after a time, I will find
that I begin to miss you
less and less each day.
The wound will heal over
and while there may be an ugly scar
there will also be release from this.