It's killing me
trying to do this,
it's destroying me
how can I last like this?
Seeing you there
lying,
dying,
slowly fading,
even though you're constantly trying...
It's consuming me
this helplessness
you don't need to suffer any more
you just need to be laid to rest.
I'd swap my life for yours
if I could,
I would, I would
and I should.
Knowing I can't do anything
but watch you die
is something that
leaves my mouth dry.
it's over-whelming me
the way you're so calm,
eyes closed,
skin pale,
as I reach out and touch your arm.
Your lips blue,
your hair completely gone
why does it have to be dragged out like this,
going on and on,
but despite your best efforts
I think this time it's won.
I'm losing you,
there's nothing I can do,
I know it
and you do too.
It's so quite,
deathly so,
as the silence comes
and now I know,
it's taken you
your last,
strained breath,
as the cancer sucks it out of you
and you go to the place
of death.