tell me, please
when it gets easier
when I will be able
to breathe
again.

strike me, but only once
do not linger
to keep
beating me
down.

grace my pounding heart
with the essence of your flesh
but please stop
throwing it
around.

rain falls and tickles
my bleeding words
still writing
and still
waiting.

outside, flowers bloom
birds sing and the world moves
yet I am
stuck in
neutral.

far from the home
I've built in your heart
and from the escape
I've built
in your
mind.

veiling my heart
from now
until eternity
beckons it
back.