It's getting cold outside,
so is my heart,
my blood
memories and thoughts,
that kept me warm,
are freezing me now.
the whiskey on my breath,
tries to find that known fragrance,
of what felt like home,
yet again,
my cocoon broke,
way too soon.
what dol do?
with the letter that I wrote,
but never sent,
rests next to my bed,
haunts me,
but puts me to bed.
Oh dear god,
what is this melancholy?
one, long, never ending nightmare,
perhaps this is what it feels like,
to have a lump in your throat,
neither can vomit nor can gulp.
Oh mother,
will my heart ever heal?
from the invisible knife stabs,
will i ever find words?
to describe what i feel,
why is it that the water from my eyes writes
more than ink?
will i remember this night?
freezing in the blanket of exhaustion.
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