I Can't Breathe

I’ve never witnessed a pain so fresh, so harsh.
It’s like my heart was taken and squeezed.
And then my whole chest was squeezed, until I could hardly breathe.

I can’t wait to take a deep breath.
A deep breath would set me free.
I need that…if only to be free.

I opened my heart to him, you know.
I put my heart on the line, this one time.
He gave me back the rind.