​I owe you

I owe you, every breath I take, every beat of my heart, every early night I wake, every late morning I sleep, I owe you.

But you pay me ,still, every look you give me, every sense you fill me with, every time I can’t look you in the eyes, every laugh you force and every laugh that’s real, you pay me.

And now I’m sat here with possessions, none material, wondering when you’re going to lend me the confidence to pay you back?

This is about someone very close to me that saved my life. Here for any criticism and maybe some reading material on poetry similar to this? I’ve already ordered leaves of grass because that’s the only poetry book I know lol

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