Showers

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07/22/15

It wasn't until I was sitting on the floor of the shower, hyperventilating your name into my hands when I realized that you were the air I struggled to breathe and I wasn't even the dirt under your fucking fingernails.

"But I can't imagine life without you," I said desperately.

"Try." Then I was alone, naked, and unable to determine whether I was choking on my tears or the water. A mix of the two drop onto my legs as I watch tentatively. Hopefully they can create an ocean big enough for me to drown myself in.

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