Breathe Poem by Justin Aptaker

i pass the night awake
at light, i see
i write, i pass the time
the time, it passes me

         i think, i am, i believe
         i'm bruised, and i know
         i can bleed

we eat
we eat each other
something eats at me
we kill one another, and i am killing me

         come, breathe
         i will breathe with you
         come breathe with me

the day is going by while i'm asleep
the darkness closing in, and it is blinding me
i fight the pass of time, but i can't breathe
i fight to write the lines that should be breathed from me

          you see, you're like me
          breathe with me
          just breathe