your lips
taste like
cigarettes
and alcohol,
with just a hint
of loneliness

i can tell
that your
heart is hurting,
and i can't help
but want to
swarm to your aid
and bandage
your fractured
ribs back
together

so kiss me
one more time;
breathe me in,
steal my soul,
take some of
my happiness
away
and into
your blackened
lungs

(alm)