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I Think I'm Suffocating

I inhaled you like oxygen,

Took you in,

Showed you my insides,

Let you see parts of me

I didn't even know.

You were intoxicating,

So inviting,

Something that was vital to me,

I breathed you out,

And you left with

Every nook

And cranny

Of my lungs.

You became something poisonous,

Something dangerous.

If I were to inhale you back in,

I would suffocate,

But I did it anyway,

I breathed you in,

Then spit you back out,

I repeated this process

Over and over again

Until my lungs felt about right,

Until they felt compressed and tight,

Until they collapsed on itself,

And I will do this over and over again,

Take a deep breath

And take all of you in

Only to exhale you back out.

This process is painful,

Gaining you

Only to lose you.

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jaya-gumatay
American
Published
Mar 8, 2014
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