you or i

one of the two

it's myself or you

one of us dies

to the wind you go

desolate and solitary

or to the ropes i go

limp and pale

i cannot continue. 

the war in my mind

is dimming, 

but i am not winning

i have lost

weak against the 

ambush of thoughts

sprung onto me

minute by minute

hours

perpetually sinking

deeper

your hands once branded me

but now it is the image

of what you have done to me

against me

playing on repeat

but the theater is empty

it is only I watching

it must be you or i 

to live without you

or without myself

Author's Note

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