i’ve been choking
on air
years before
you came by,
so don’t feel
too special
when you hear that
i’ve died.
then again,
it’s you
who injected
empty syringes
in my veins
while i ached,
and it’s you
who held my hand
in their wakes.
i always knew
you were scared
but i never knew
you were
a prison guard.
you coaxed
my sins out
when it got too hard.
then you'd slam
against
my cage,
but you left
again and
everything’s
the same.
im still a fish
washed up
onto sea.
and each breath
takes something
from me.
so did you help
or did you hurt?
i guess
i’ll never know.
and as much as
i want
to rejoice
and wither
on the sand,
i still wait
for you on
the scorching land.
(because
with you i’ll
always feel
fetal--
even when
i pray to find
my own needles).