one breath?
A chill quickly travels up my spine, with it a frustration like no other takes it’s place in my body. It wraps round my spine and fills my rapidly pumping heart. No matter how hard my heart goes it cannot be fully ousted. Rhythmically it flows through narrow tunnels. It has become apart of me, seeping into every organ, every tissue, and every cell. It remains in every layer of my skin. My friends say it gives me an austere appearance - they say that I never smile anymore. You left me with no defense of my own, so used to your help and comfort. You were my distraction from the torrid truth and now I need a distraction from you. My strength is waning and the intruder has found an ally. I am no match for it’s new coat of arms. I fear my looming defeat, but there is a part of me slumbering within you. I pray it will remind you of what once connected us. I hope that it will not be too late. Oh, please wake up and revive us. Let us smell the sweet summer air again. The trepidation of losing what we had - even if it was for such a short while - it creeps up behind me when I least expect it. I can’t evade the thoughts of you and I don’t want to. I will not succumb. I will revive all I had and fight with all I have.