With You By My Side

With you by my side I feel intoxicated
Your perfume invades my senses
Each breath, like inhaling gas fumes
Asphyxiates the inner voice that begs me to leave

Angry acids lay siege upon my stomach
The mere thought of food repulsive to me
When I force myself to eat, even my favorite dishes
Taste like I'm feasting upon your cigarette ashes

Withe you by my side, I feel my heartbeat racing
Like I'm fleeing dogs sent to attack
Each breath, shoter than the last one
Triggers thoughts of flat lines in emergency rooms

Don't think my life has ever been so threatened
My flesh crawls, wants to leap off this frame
Cover you like a net so I can claim you at last
No more nights wondering what you did with your ex-boyfriend

Our first months together made me feel complete
I thought I'd finally found her, the woman of my dreams

With you by my side, I feel light as ether
My body begins to disappear
A shot wakes me from my slumber-
Can't survive another day withe you by my side