Invisible yet heavy on my chest

Trying desperatly to escape

I pray to unknown gods that it will leave

But it won't until I forget.

Do you know how hard it is to forget something?

inhale

red droplets on a white rose

half a second to black out

half an hour to wake up

exhale

half a second to forget morals

half an hour to live without them

stained white fabric against porcelain skin

breathe

perhaps we forget for a reason