Air

I couldn't breathe…

I was smothered in thick, sticky, moist soil.

Sinking with every other step.

Suffering with familiar strangers in turmoil.

Suspended in a shadowy shell of solitude I'll never forget.

I needed you then.

I didn't know it.

I couldn't bring my heart to live life there.

The disappointment would've been too strong.

For you'd been M.I.A. for way too long.

Your Arduous Abandonment left me without My Air.

So, I couldn't breathe…

Like living life under land.

Lingering in lonely lecherousness all alone.

Lyrically lying to myself while lecturing to another man.

Laboriously longing for a loyal, true friend of my very own.

I needed you then.

I couldn't show it.

I wouldn't let my mind live there.

The hurt would've been too strong.

For your image had harbored in my heart for way too long.

It felt like Infinite Isolation without My Air.

And, I couldn't breathe…

I was wasting away under waves of untrustworthiness.

Wondering why you wouldn't put in work for me,

Or for us, using your very own waterfall of worthiness.

I unwillingly wished and waited for my friend to wander back into my world to rescue me.

And once you surprisingly came back in…

I could no longer pretend…

Like I don't now and didn't then still need you.

You and I both show it.

Therefore, when we see it in ourselves we each know it.