Dead Ship

Sorry if I stare
I can't seem to breathe.
I might suffocate if I can't look away.
The way you look down and don't even notice,
you look away and take me with you.
Take my mind away, take my heart.
You'll never give them back
You don't even know they're yours.
Sorry if I can't speak.
I might ruin the air between us
with words.
Breathe the life back into me
as I lie beneath the clouds --
the dead ship held down by the anchor at your feet.
Your equal but I made myself the slave.