holster

with that holster on your hip
standing at the ready
for what?
those shadows in your life
are not transferable.
break and breathe.
remove the space between the words
burn your last smoke to the filter.
open yourself up to pain.
close your eyes.
breathe.
i believe in you with all my heart,
though i see you breaking down.
close your eyes.
breathe.
miraculous beyond measure
like the sea after a storm.
scoured
until all that's left is bones.
bones.
lonely and bare.
clean.
now close your eyes.
breathe.