I don't breathe. <br />I gasp for it. <br /> <br />I don't eat. <br />I swallow it. <br /> <br />I don't sleep. <br />I shut my eyes to dream. <br /> <br />I can't hate. <br />I keep forgiving and forgetting. <br /> <br />I don't hate pain. <br />I live in it. <br /> <br />I won't draw my life. <br />I will paint it. <br /> <br />And in the end, <br />I won't just die. <br /> <br />I will disappear into mist.<br /><br />Murasaki Hikari<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/winter-mist-part-1/