Upon A Time

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    a once upon a time something;

    whispers in the unknown                                       

     

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    can’t believe my lungs expanded for you

    much more than they could handle

    nothing gentle; but I chose you

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    an incomplete dream on soft clouds

    woke me at 3 am

    kissed me harder than rain

    but your insides; a drought in need of hydration

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    if I revolve around you, then what?

    a universe consisting of you as the predominant source of life

    I am nothing but dust?

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    let me burn

    my memories will disintegrate

    you’ll be free

    I’ll rise from my own ashes;

    name me Phoenix

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    neurons exhausted by your abuse

    lost too much of mind;

    it’s evicting you

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    boys working in infinite erg to entertain me

    flirting with someone new,

    “he has your laugh …

    does it bother you?”

     

    Goodbye to the breath of nothing

    my path of evolution is forced

    if I called you mine

    and you stayed silent

    than what the hell was I?

    was I …

    am I …

    your once upon a time?

     

    Adrianna Branin is a junior at Franklin Learning Center.

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