am I still breathing?

[Tragic Rabbit]

am I still breathing?

my lungs are fire, skin aflame

so close beside you

cannot draw a breath

except to gasp, grasp

cling; clasp your body,

bring our lips together

am I still breathing?

take my pulse and count the beats

so near, so dear, so

hard upon my heart

that love will make it

burst; this thumping thirst,

this pounding need for you

tell me, tell me?

?am I still breathing?

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