we do the best
we can
to ignore it;

run for our lives
till the end of time;

it's on the edge
of our tongues

sharp as a blade,

it sets our
tightly knit
mouths ablaze

yet it isn't true,
and it does not exist

this fatal word

the one that
tries desperately
to escape our lips

no,

we are an organism
that knows no boundaries;
an organism
that will never cease
to exist

we can make decisions,
but we don't
have to live with
our choices

we can exit stage
or wait for the
final curtain

it remains
in the soil
of our plump,
red hearts

saying it;
won't change
much

but at least
we have this
one opportunity
to do so