Between Life and Death

Between Life and Death

how much longer
how much more

i ask You:
am i not
tormented
enough?

You plunged
a knife
straight into my heart

each time

i breathe

it cuts
a little bit deeper

i know
what i desire
is an illusion

the moment

i reach out

to touch it,

all that incredible

heart-stopping beauty
will rot in my palms

so i hold back my touch

my words
my very breath

but the pain
oh! the pain

i can’t take
it
anymore

in each moment
is my breath

suspended

between life
and death

31^st may 2013

from the upcoming collection: The Truth Is Love

image: from internet