if i stop burning bridges
and hold still
i will want to touch you
again
i will want to learn to
breathe again with the
full-heartedness of someone
who knows love, who loves
i will want to love you
again
if and
(when,
i whisper because it
is inevitable...someone who
is breathing is not yet dead
and there's still hope for
me, and sometimes, for you,
so)
when i break myself from this
comatose state, it will be
you i wake up to,
fall against
breathe for
when i begin to touch you
again
i will want to love you
again

02/23/2003

Posted on 02/23/2003
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