Elixir
The label told me to drink you in in small amounts
But who reads the instructions anyway?
No sooner had the top hit the floor, had I drank more than there was to pour.
At first I thought it was just water, mixed with food coloring and a hint of longing.
And then I felt power like I never felt before.
I felt I could leap mountains, and break them in two,
I felt alive again, I felt anew, I breathed in life again, I breathed in you.
My mind raced so fast my heart could not keep up, and lost itself in its beating,
That power I felt from just so soon ago, turned fast on its heel, turned fleeting.
No sooner had the top hit the floor, were my knees quick to meet at its level
Head hung low, sweat beads pooling on dying petals,
My heart damn near beat out my chest, I felt every beat against my temple,
For what fell for you was everything I am,
Physical.
Emotional.
Mental.
The elixir of you was a short lived respite in exchange for an eternity of longing,
I feel no sense of the world around me any longer,
No sense of placement nor belonging.
