I am the poison
And you are the antidote
We lay together
With two big X’s
Across our chest.

I hold your hand
And you hold mine
And we sit in silence
Listening to each other
Breathe.

Pressing on, I gasp,
I thrash, the taste taking effect
I’m gulping, I’m drowning
Why won’t you help me?
Don’t you hear me?

Only you are gone
And I am here
With a tidy X
Across my chest.

You were supposed to
Climb deep inside me
And rip my black heart out
And hold it in your hands
So tenderly.
That the ash
Began to heal itself.
And what once was dead
Would come to life.

I sobbed so hard
I could barely breath
Because you were
The only one.
You could have
saved me.