Breathe

Hidden in the folds of Amsterdam
Darkened by the solitary north breeze
Drowning everything in the Amstel depths
My thoughts carried away between the screams
Falling into deaf ears in a forgotten street
A one way love doomed to succeed
I try to stop the winter turning my hands into stones
I try to warm them in vain with a kiss
I try and I try and I try and yet I fail
And I fight for a single gasp of air
A time when I can barely breathe
A place where I can barely be…