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Nicholas Ryan Sampson

Nicholas Ryan Sampson

My Oxygen

Under the weight of life
I forget how to breathe
and I feel suffocated
 
I hesitantly make peace
with the world
and my collapsing lungs
 
You appear in my life
as you always do
when I’m losing my will
 
I gasp in air again
from the resuscitation
that your life performs on mine
 
You leave once more
so I hold my breath
knowing you’ll be back

(2013)

#HeartacheLife #Love

Other works by Nicholas Ryan Sampson...
Dependent

I’ve always been at the very least a little caught up on everything about you This idea of you
Blind

Everyone sees god in a different light but I was born without eyes
 1
Meaning

I’ll keep searching for the meaning of life and I hope I find it as crumpled paper nearish a trash can
Asleep

I awoke in the dark next to you and more alone than ever I was amazed to hear your heart beating from
 1
Poets

All that I know how to do is write about death without dying and write about life
 1
Admire #2

I see words screaming for attention etched in the lines of your face Let me look closer
Gently

I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
Dark

I’ve kept my eyes closed most of these past eighteen years because I find it just as dark
Understatement

To put it simply each beat of your heart is a gift that I receive with the anticipation of a child at christmas
Rebirth

I see no joyous rebirth in spring for autumn will bring another death I see no joyous rebirth
Knowing

Just when I get back on my feet you pass on by and I lose my footing Again
Her

Hope in another form but no fewer letters and I’ve been hoping for these past eight years so I’ll just keep on
Mightier

The pen must be
 mightier than the sword
 For there is nothing that
 will spill your guts faster
 than a bit of ink that says

One Way

The road is long and winding like nothing you can imagine Too many off ramps to count but too few in hindsight
 2
Uphill

Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest



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