Lone Survivor
1
The night they put him on a
Ventilator, I walked into the coffee table
Cutting my shin.
Ventilator, I walked into the coffee table
Cutting my shin.
2.
The day he died I walked into
The coffee table
Cutting my shin.
The coffee table
Cutting my shin.
3.
These will never heal.
4.
The night after he died
I felt his hand on my neck as if
I could see through my
Closed eyes to his transparency.
I felt his hand on my neck as if
I could see through my
Closed eyes to his transparency.
5.
When they took his tubes out
He threw his head back
Like a white horse.
He threw his head back
Like a white horse.
6.
Did he wonder why I didn't step in
To save him
One more time.
To save him
One more time.
7.
Last night
At midnight I felt his hand
Touching mine
At midnight I felt his hand
Touching mine
Moving down the right fingers of my right hand
As if it were the last hand
On earth.
As if it were the last hand
On earth.
8.
How quickly he moved away
I would have held on
Forever.
I would have held on
Forever.
9.
How long can a person
Dying of thirst
Hold water in her mouth
Without swallowing.
Dying of thirst
Hold water in her mouth
Without swallowing.
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