Requiem

It’s been so hard watching you die

As your body withers and your limbs implode

As your cheeks sink and your breath corrodes

Aching coughs and sobbing woe

Agony and fear as we face the unknown
 

It hurts me watching you fade away

As you lie listless and slip from day to day

All the little moments and laughs we shared

Couldn’t be more faraway
 

A small part of me dies every time

I walk into your room and take my seat

And when I grip your hand and feel the bones

And notice how your body is cold and losing heat
 

And I wish that I could help you

That I could reach in and pull you out

Brighten your eyes and make you smile

Get the old you to stay a while
 

But alas, you’re cold and barely here

Your mind is somewhere else I fear

Wherever you are I hope it’s dear

Somewhere you cannot see each tear
 

As they roll from my eyes and dot the floor

A mournful pattern, so forlorn

The blood from a wound so deep and raw

That I can barely cope being here at all
 

It seems too simple to say I love you

And too obvious to say I care

But right now that’s the best I can do

As I watch this cancer suck you bare
 

I have no idea what happens now

I don’t know where you’re going to go

I can only hope that a day will come

Where we can talk and once again be one
 

It’s hard to accept that you’re going to die

Tomorrow, or Wednesday or any time

Because right now your hand is still here in mine

And until you’re gone, somehow it all feels fine
 

But I know that there is nothing that I can do

Except to cherish every memory I have of you

Because every little moment, both good and bad

Was the best moment we could have ever had.