Falling Apart

The ways

we fell apart-

your stoic mask.

my uneasy breaths. 

-

And as we spiraled down

this slope of uncertainty

we knew not 

of each others

struggles.

I looked through you

and you through me

insistent on our own

suffering. 

~

I hold my breath 

exhale

and 

begin.

~

The 

      ways

we

     fell

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