Life is just a shallow breath
I use up when not entertained
by your satiric comments
your angry words that thwack my heart
with a thud
quickly enhale, here comes another blow
my psyche crumbling, isnides are humming
heart is numbing
why don't I go?

Love is just a bitter word
my lips haven't muttered for too long
Their tender flesh has gone pasty
stale, not going to exhale
as I ponder
what went wrong

And as I chew my lips and mutter bitter bits
and take my heart packing on a one way trip
I suppose I should tell you

Now I can breathe.
Exhale.