Albatross

He circles me

in everlasting love

or so he vows

but I feel the noose

from hanging gallows

tightening just before

the floor collapses

the voices strangling

my soul

asking last words

my cry chokes

as life breath

struggles in gasps

his presence’s room

is becoming

infinitely smaller

I’m crushed by

threatening forces

attaching, squeezing

my petrified skin

without releasing

I can live no longer

his shadow looms

rope tightens

around my throat

as I jump

into nothingness

that is hung firmly

around my neck

an expired albatross.