Revenge

You gaze unseeing 
at the flickering images 
on the screen
I am smothered 
in the interminable silence 
enveloping me 

A shroud 
seething with memories 
imprinting the breath 
I suck into my lungs 
reviving myself 
with thoughts
that refresh my mind 
of a time past
innocent of the bitterness 
now tainting the air 
poisoning the joy
that once wafted 
through our lives
The gentle scent of love
leeched out 
by the venom of distrust 
seeping into my bones 
escaping through my eyes

If looks could 
indeed kill
I would be 
the only one 
breathing
deeply
inhaling
my revenge



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