prop me up and keep
  just one hand talking
  while the other slips underneath
  steals inches from me
  all the lights seem to
  dim on command
  lifting oxygen from eyelids
  calm yourself deep breaths
  quarter rest fill the lungs up
  in your chest careful not to strain
  the sound waves you'll save
  just might be that
  of your own voice breaking
  sounding out the word
  slipping over teeth
  and out through tongue
  slip down white knuckle the chair
  bring your eyes back to earth
  or whichever one comes first
  don't leave yourself hanging back
  right now feels as if it never happened
  why is my face all red
  why are my clothes all wet?
  all the attractions, all the rejections
  and i still feel dumb
  blink me in or blink me out
  you've got such a great disguise
  you hide yourself on the inside
  clinging to the side of my mind
  where they'll never look to find you
  never look to see
  just what's inside of me
    running out with the wind quoting none but fools blowing out all my breath
  seeping in from somwhere
  east of here east of everywhere
  the silence is unbearable
  we hold our breath and sink our ships
    [ Thanks Ladd for correction ]