they met with death between them.
and a promise to meet him together,
when breath catches.
they sit with death.
she asks now?
he says not yet.
they drink with death.
he asks now?
she says not yet.
they breathe with death.
she asks now?
he says not yet.
but her breath is caught on exhale.
and he's inhaling life before him.
lungs only fit to share,
stealing air from the other.
they lay with death.
neither ask,
knowing that it's now.
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A Scarlett Ruin
RomanceThe Annandale Academy wasn't where Scarlett saw herself finishing her last year of school before university. One more year. It was only one more year. Yet the dreary countryside and cramped dorm rooms that smelt of faded cigarette smoke and wet st...
