the remains

you crushed my bones

so I grained them to dust,

I drank my heart through a straw

I glided on the surface of madness

to see what’s under the ice,

the lake was frozen

my insides

howling at the moon

my fingers touched your breath

I burned in the heat of your skin

my bruises were

flowers that I picked last night,

my voice carried a whisper

a wordless song

to the sky

breathe in, breathe out

you screamed

but you can’t breathe without lungs

a tune plays out as the cold

grows thicker

cry me a river lost soul,

stand on your fingers

to reach out my love

slowly now

the ice is fragile

and your grip

no longer holds

the dust

that was once my bones

breathe in, breathe out

you screamed

but you can’t breathe without lungs

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