Vanishweed

Under
stones they crept

stones that
underpinned my life

these weeds

vines that
wrapped around
my exsistance

choking
the decades

i've pulled
and poisoned
myself

tried to kill them
with half
a heart

for years

ignored them
like my health

slept with them
a hateful lover
who smells of rags

but

today
they are gone

my cough too

a new breath
in an old world

birth

no more cigarettes

vanishweed
forever