We all have an expiration date, and this becomes excessively clear when we lose someone we love.

the shores have been breached
I ran for the sky but couldn’t reach

encrypted within these dimensions
extensions of the sea
my thoughts are being intercepted
torn and transformed into this cage

but my brain has four corners to mourn the emptiness
and in my box I watch the clock
until the metal or I
get tired

we’re both wired to expire

this temporary addiction called living
ends because it started

suffering to stay alive
all I can do is survive to feel the pain
(and scars are contagious)
slowly tracing mistakes
raw with the idea
that I could lay tomorrow on the sand
perfectly unwanted
while breathing in the foam…
trying to hold captive the moment I finally feel home

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  • brittanyjenean on Sep 8, 2009

    I enjoyed this very much and how sad that this is true. The only thing we can do is to accomplish our goals and live for the day.

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