Please Keep Breathing (Journal of Poetry)

Perfection is now!

You are nothing more
Nothing less
Nothing at all
You are just a you
And nobody will ever know quite what that is

So take a breath

This world is all we've got together
Don't give it up yet

The time will come when you're frame is cold and clammy
It can no longer cry
So the tears of your family cascade down your face

I'll soak up a piece of you

And begin to walk with your grace

I'll wear your shirts and your favourite colour will become my shade of skin

Eventually we can't even decipher who is who

Who has died, because together we feel more alive than ever