Sometimes I want to
rip my chest open.
See what spills out.
I wonder sometimes
if my heart is
still beating
because it feels
like it's in pieces.
Out of breath,
my lungs feel collapsed.
My chest struggles
to rise and fall,
fatigued by emotional ache.
How much longer
will I feel this way?
How much longer
until the pain ends?
Is the only way
to make it stop
to stop breathing?