We’re tangled up on purpose, letting loose-ends unravel. I can only hope they continue _to _ _ flare_ _ out._ I’m all caught up, but leave me be. **I am an ****addict** These days without you leave me strung out. My hands _s a e_ __ _ h k_ when they aren’t against you. A flame dances with the tip of my cigarette. Nicotine limbo, until I get another hit. "_Staying alive was never my intention_" days of withdrawals on repeat you’ve **shattered** all my reason **Give me anything** Red surrounds each iris CO2 saturated, "**_you’re a panic _****_attack._**" Blood vessels constrict. I’m _numb_. My pulse on display of this cardboard torso. "_Pleading_" at every intersection, **_I was given the shirt off of a man’s back It wiped detox from my eyes_**. Pressure induced white noise galaxies. Blinks of lubrication, a subtle sniff A beggar slips away. **Now I’ve given myself**