You Captured My Breath

I watched my breath tumble from my lips,
drops of life escaping out of me,
quivering in the air, it is the moment
I know that I have no control,
a soul that will not be contained.

And I saw you there, standing
upon the other side of the
invisible veil of my essence,
I watched as your fingers
touched the air, feeling the last traces
of warmth.

I felt your fingers brush against
something deep within me,
like an unraveled thread you found
the loosened end, gradually with
artful confidence you draw me in.

While you wind the tendrils
of my soul around your fingers
there remains nothing I can do,
with staggering breath I find myself
gravitating to you.

You held my breath within the
palm of your hand, that small
ethereal ball of my life force,
without hesitation you swallowed it.

A part of me remains devoured
within you, leaving me fused
to your fate, but in this you have
irreversibly interwoven your life
with mine.