It is so hard
To breathe her name
The plastic covers my lips
Pulling the oxygen from the air
No reward, just stillness
Lost in everyday minutes
The mundaness of days
And years, so many years
Collapsed into decades
My mind is fading
Shuffling the outside down
Her attenuation
Is breaking into
A shrill volt
Bouncing and bouncing
Father, why is it so hard to breathe her name
Craving to listen
In all this silence
Underneath a blueberry sky
DoRee MelNic 