Heavy.

imagine.
 you were me,
 and i,
 you.





a heart heavy
 full of painstaking
 piercing pains
 flowing through
 the chest





 an inhale 
to an interrupted
 exhale


 the burning in the chest
--now 
intensified.

 And then a swallow.
 But with this swallow
 comes the cold heart truth.


 You are not who you thought you were.

 you're just a product
 of what you were programmed for.





to be the machine.
 to function alongside
 other machines.




 moments of realization later.
 you find yourself
tearing down the machine.




--

 Now testify.