sometimes my heart hurts so much that i can’t breathe.

my lungs would rather be empty,

desiring to mimic my four vacant chambers.

glass bottle sent through waves

clocktower engraved wood

sparrow painted red trunk

lion’s face on my wall

everything reminds me of you, is connected to you

to your all-encompassing smell

to your freckle-spattered shoulders

to your six-stringed soul