Breathing - Triptykon

Every breath I take

Leaves me parched for air

Every hand I touch

Causes skin to tear

Every flame approached

Blinds my eyes

Every word I write

Leaves me drained

I shall feel

Still the blood

That fills my veins

Obliterate my hatred

This flesh enwrapped in pain

Every kiss of yours

Drenches my tongue with poison

Every emotion I feel

Tears a cleft into my heart

Every light in the dark

Fades as I advance

Every day I exist

I don’t understand

Earth to flesh, and flesh to earth

Engulfed below this ruptured birth

This longing mind that you denied

A taste of life

This body died

Earth to flesh, and flesh to earth

Engulfed below this ruptured birth

My words subside, this life is spent

Blind I remain, all shall end