iexist
momentarily
amoth
starving
todeath
mouthless
bouncing
against
awindow
meremillimeters
fromfreedom

idie
abilliondeaths
lessereachtime
iamforced
toreawaken

askywithoutstars
aseriesoftemporary
foreversimploding

ifapoetsighsalone
doesitmakeasound
orisitfiledaway
asunnecessarypretention

ijustwanttosleep
butsheiswaiting
atthreeamshehovers
abovemybedsmiling
ijusttellheriloveher
andstareuntohereyes
untilthealarmrings