suffocation

hanging out, one more day in the clouds
is all i need to make these dreams come true
hold me down, before i wonder aloud
of everything that i would kill for

and all you have to say...
"it's laughter or it's pain forever now"

talk about all you can't live without
and i will speak of all i'm missing too
close your mouth and i won't utter the sound
of everything escaping from you

and all you have to say...
"it's laughter or it's pain forever now"

it's suffocating now
breathe in you're breathing out

and it's all lost at heart
and it's all we've got
and we're all lost at heart
and we're not about leave it now


- scribbled on the back of a photograph.
  march 23, 1971.