It's in the air
Frightening
And confounding
Weeping its fragrance
Into my skin
It soaks through
Until my veins
Are sodden and soggy
With its seething adulation
It's suffocating
Asphyxiating
Stagnant in my lungs
Breathing in new life
Born of my death
It presses in, always
Though I ignore the weight
It surrounds me
Encircles me
Shutting me in
Filling my body
Until I can exist
No longer
As myself alone
It's suffocating
Asphyxiating
Stagnant in my lungs
Breathing in new life
Born of my death
It soaks through
Until my veins
Are sodden and soggy
With its seething adulation
It's suffocating
Asphyxiating
Stagnant in my lungs
Breathing in new life
Born of my death
It presses in, always
Though I ignore the weight
It surrounds me
Encircles me
Shutting me in
Filling my body
Until I can exist
No longer
As myself alone