Just One Breath

A knife in the heart can hurt,
just one breath from passing out;
Sunshine will never reach you,
your precise weight is too much;
Feelings instigate collapse;
Darkness is soothed with a touch,
within pain there is rebirth.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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