ashes
gray and foreign
chalky on my tongue
in my ears
blocking lungs
tightly gasping
heaving
rasping
savored cold
smooth skin
dreaming turned
to dust and soot
smeared on pillows
and sheets
like flares and heat
the side where you'd sleep
burns my reverie
blackened haze
tendrils curl
and choke
around wrists and fingers
lips and cheeks
caressing threads
and lingering smells
of breathing
long
deep
believe! and crash
suffocate seize
leave
dawning light
hold me
please
ashes
gray and foreign
chalky on my tongue
in my ears
blocking lungs
tightly gasping
heaving
rasping
savored cold
smooth skin
dreaming turned
to dust and soot
smeared on pillows
and sheets
like flares and heat
the side where you'd sleep
burns my reverie
blackened haze
tendrils curl
and choke
around wrists and fingers
lips and cheeks
caressing threads
and lingering smells
of breathing
long
deep
believe! and crash
suffocate seize
leave
dawning light
hold me
please