I have Held My Breath

I have held my breath

So long, so long!

Have you ever been in the dark

And heard whispers behind the walls?

Have you seen blackened depths of sea

Have you seen the waves drown

With every helpless tug of the moon?

I have tasted innocence

In the broken egg shells on mushy lands.

I have felt freedom locked up

In between the skull and hair-strands.

I breathe out, still breathe out.

Too soon, oh too soon!

The waves are crashing down on me this time,

With every tug of the moon.