Let Us Trade Places

2017.04.07, by Anatolij
Filed under Grief, Literature, Poetry

ᴇxɪsᴛ
ʟɪᴠᴇ
sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ
ᴛʜʀɪᴠᴇ
ᴇᴀᴛ
sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ
ᴍᴀᴛᴇ, ʟᴏᴠᴇ
don’t die
please don’t die
don’t leave, please
god anything but that
ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ
ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ
What runs through my head
What prayer cries in my hands, chest
Every day
When I think of you.
Every day,  ᴇ ᴠ ᴇ ʀ ʏ ᴅ ᴀ ʏ
Why did you stop? Why did it stop you?
Let's trade places…