04 July 2024

Breaths

I've taken breaths and breaths and
        One further breath every single time
But a breath won't change this breath of mine

Y'know, I sometimes stay up to see the
        Sun rise (sometimes on time)
But the sight of it—it doesn't make me feel fine

I sometimes wonder if there are others
        Who also wonder, and think of time
Of that fucking tick, tick, tick-tocking of time

The clock that I know is the ticking and tocking
        Of my own fine
When death decides to come kind and tell me it's right

– M.M.

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