Drowning In Air Poem by Patti Masterman

You were blameless and sweet

The night you died,

And when you stopped moving,

I couldn't breathe.


I'm drowning in air,

drowning in air

because you're gone-

gone away nowhere


Abandoned so early,

Left all alone,

Buried yourself in the world,

To make you a home.


I'm drowning in air,

drowning in air

because you're gone-

gone away nowhere


You were my home;

Orphaned, we two,

Missing mothers,

And fathers too.


I'm drowning in air,

drowning in air

because you're gone-

gone away nowhere


We claimed each other,

Reclaimed lost souls,

But you've gone away

And mine’s a hole.


I'm drowning in air,

drowning in air

because you're gone-

gone away nowhere