Falling ashes from a smokey sky
Reveal memories of a younger life
Hopes I dreamed whither and fall away
I agonize for one more day
Then his eyes invade my deepest thoughts
Tensing with the remnants of shattered trust
Brutal replay better left forgotten
I rendered a scarred heart, forced to toughen
Nightmares seeking safe release
This is what his warm embrace promised me
When his kiss sunk beneath my very soul
I let go and finally became whole
Through the beat that pulsates in his very chest
One shaking breath more,
one fleeting beat less.