It's beating out of my chest
I breathe
it kicks.
I breathe
it claws.
I inhale
it screams.

It's dark there.
Scared it will fade into oblivion
I breathe
it beats harder, faster refusing to go unheard, unseen.

Inside, it is enveloped by darkness, loneliness.
I breathe
it claws deeper
I whimper from the pain as it sees her eyes shining,
like two autumn night full moons,
bright, warm, beautiful.

I breathe, it feels...it feels warmth.
The warmth only felt when lying under the stars by your lovers side.
It's been so long.
I breathe she breathes.
Her autumn eyes shining, their light aimed straight into my heart.

I breathe, she kisses me.
It stops clawing.
I breathe, she pulls me closer with each breath.
It stops screaming.
I breathe, she whispers, she whispers all the right things that make me not
fear.

I breathe, this time I pull her closer.
I exhale and allow it free again.
Allow my heart to feel hope.
Allow her to heal it.

Allow it to love again.