the strength is seeping
from my limbs
i am crumbling under
this ******* sun

don't you dare
touch me
i will stand

on my own
trembling feet
i will breathe

in oceans
until my lungs
remember me
again

my heart is not
yours to crush
i will pump

blood and life
into my fingers
with my very own
hands

watch as these shadows
in my bones
hide behind me

i'd rather burn before
i let this darkness
define me