Serotonin and Oxygen

Poem I wrote about a breakup

I loved you,

You loved me,

Forever together I thought we would be

You were the boy with the long fair hair

I was an outcast with a broken spirit

Crying out loud for reason

Reason I found in you

My reason before was found in a xanax bar,

I couldn’t see into the future very far

But you put it all into perspective

And now forever you’ll hold my heart captive

I’ll never forget the times we said I love you

We shared ambitions, goals and dreams,

Now I see we were just a dream

Forever lingering in my heart is where you will be

But a blur is what you will never be,

Always a vivid picture of you in my soul

Your name engraved forever in me,

Your voice a symphony of reason

The dragon within me you slayed,

Turning worries into hopes,

Nightmares into dreams,

Diagnostics into limericks,

You stayed beside me while I was sick and wished I was dead,

Now I see we were just a dream,

Forever lingering in my heart is where you will be,

My heart aches,

Vital signs declining,

You were the oxygen in my lungs,

Serotonin in my brain,

I can’t refrain from the pain

Crushed in pieces,

I'm left without my serotonin,

Can’t breathe with no oxygen

I can’t without my oxygen

My face is turning blue,

All I see is you

I loved you, you loved me

In the words of Edgar Allen Poe,

My oxygen will:

“Nevermore”