This is my body. It is no one's but mine.

I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday and tonight I will borrow only pieces of who I am today to carry with me to tomorrow.

But whatever However Whenever this ends I want you to know That right now I love you forever

That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar.

and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.