empty promises and deceit
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You exhaled empty promises like carbon dioxide.
And I inhale them like oxygen.
I guess that’s why whenever I was with you, you took my breath away.
And when you walked away was when I could finally breathe.
(Note: Like the subject of this poem, the poem can be read "internally and externally": with or without the brackets. Enjoy.)
you puffed [yourself] out in front of me in front of everyone
