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 Nov 2014
Turn Off The Lights
I have taken a breath today
And for the first time in days
It wasn't stained with the sound of your beating heart

I took a

     (        breath         )  
  
and it was mine alone

You weren't hiding between the pauses in the air
Or lurking around the edges of a word
You weren't tiptoeing behind my every thought
And I wasn't trying to find you out of the corner of my eyes

So I believe I might be




**Halfway out of the dark
It terrifies me that I am moving on

— The End —