How long will this last?

This lingering smell of laundry soap
The smell of you sunk into the fibres of this shirt
This last vestige of our tumultuous year
The sum of which I cannot add up
This lacklustre subsistence
The caricature of life conjured up

How long can this last?

This finite amount of breath
The particles of you fading with each inhalation
This fruitless clutching on
The grooves already worn flat
This constant disquiet of the mind
The echoes reverberating

How long - ?

*Nothing lasts forever