Exhausted Respiration

Your name catches in my throat

Like a breath I feared

Abated

Before it struck my lungs

And rendered paralyzed my disposition.

I am lost

In pursuit of fruitless acquisition

For words too heavy for exhalation

Invalid explanations

For all you make me feel.

Yet, failing proper respiration

I’ve still discovered systematic devastation

And traced the cause to you.

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