30

30 years ago

You lied to me

Because I came so small,

So naïve.

30 years ago

I swam in the immensity

Of your choices:

Forged in the intensity.

30 days ago

In a dim room, in anxiety,

A stranger photographed

Inside of me.

30 days ago

A small heart fought to grow, to beat,

Caught somewhere between life

And defeat.

30 seconds ago

I forgot to breathe,

Or if I’m to fight, or cease,

Or grieve.

30 seconds ago

You lied to me,

And I forgot what to forsake,

And what to believe.