Come Down

 

I held your head in my lap

Last night.

I watched you die again.

My hands were damp with the sweat 

In your hair and

Your face was wet with my tears. 

There was no way to express 

The sensation of my breath,

Abandoning my lungs for yours, so in vain

I told you I loved you.

 

Or did I?

I usually do.

 

And,

The next time I see you I will.

I will watch you die again

Because now that is the only time

You are around.