Breathe
Festering lungs
Deprived of oxygen
Sycosis
Lining your
Engorging lymph nodes
Selfish
Such intrusive thoughts
Disregarded conversations
Abusive elation
One less confining relationship
Shut off your phone
Pretend you're asleep
Roll on your side
Curled legs to your chest
Between the gnawing teeth in my stomach
And the knives growing out of my bones
I couldn't clean the salt out from your eyes
For the rust
Silence
Just one more sleepless night before we
Speak