What now?

I am breaking

Up with you.

I hear you

Say

The

Words but

I do not

Believe it.

What? I

Respond.

Why? I ask .

Silence on

The phone.

Hot tears 

Stream

Down my face.

You start to 

Talk

And then stop.

Silence .

 We both 

Start crying.

I speak ..

Slowly in broken

Speech.

I can't breath

I respond.

You speak

Slowly and

Firmly.

That is why

I am leaving 

You.

I want you

To breath.

I start 

Crying .

What can I 

Say to this?

I start 

To

Speak ,

What now? 

I ask.

You clear

Your 

Throat,

And

Between

Tears,

You say,

You live

Baby ...

You live.

My heart

Can barely 

Beat.

I start to

Respond.

You hang 

Up on me.

I cry

Harder than 

I have cried 

Before .

Now what?

I say out loud?

You live baby,

I say. 

You live without 

The man

You

Love.