To Breathe

My heart
crushes me.

I cannot breathe.

And yet again
I'm all choked up.

Staring the lie
right in the eyes
wondering
if I'll make it out
of this
alive.

There is no running
no,
not this time.

I've been running
for far too long.

If only I could breathe.

God.

If only I could
breathe.