replaced by You

breathing. it’s like a snake wraps tighter around my lungs with every breath i take trying to find something steady to hold on to, to stop the world from spinning i’m dizzy. and i feel like i’m slipping through my fingers who i really am and who i wish to be everything i’ve ever desired, replaced by You. You who i made the center of my world, You who gave me happiness and was so quick to take it away i’m trying, still trying to breathe, to dream, to live? but with You, but without You no matter what you do, i cant escape and the reality is, i who was so loyal and You who were so not are no longer us. we are no longer two that formed as one, i am one. You are one. or perhaps we were never one our perceptions of the world are all unique, and You who was my world i perceived as perfect. not in the actual sense but in the sense of perfectness for me an illusion drawn by the emptiness in my heart that You seemed to fill. by the promises you made and failed to keep. and i’m left here in the dark trying to behead the snake that you snake that you so skillfully wrapped around my heart with every kiss you gave me, and with every moment you took away, i’m still trying.