we share the same day

my birth
of which, you gave
I lay silent with cordage wrapped around my throat.
face as deep as the sea
they cut
I screamed
as we lay crying

20 years

your death
of which, I paved
you lay silent with pills down your throat.
pain built your abandoned home
heart slows
sirens came
did you witness the ending exhale?
or did dreams leak into the abyss?

and now
as you lay silent
I lay crying
on our shared day

© LW