I Gasped For Air

I never heard her last cries

Her final pleas for immortal mercy

I despise the mental agony that originates from the overwhelming consequences

Because the caged canary has croaked in the mines?

Blame never prevents my initial, absolute ignorance of this dire situation

I prefer to gaze forward rather than behind me

I stand inside her hospital room alone

The exception being her doctor

An artificial, arctic wind shocks my sore spine

Goosebumps slowly dominate the skin on my sunburned arms

These external scars of mine lack the magnitude

To reach equilibrium with her internal wounds

My true love chooses to pull the plug

Her bitter answer to the doctor’s fateful question

I gasped for oxygen and quietly cried

My hands trembling when our fingers interlocked

Her blue eyes closing, closing…

Now a recent memory

Her bald head sank into the white pillow

Her chest ceases to oscillate in subtle motion

The electrocardiograph sounds the finale

Another bright, inspirational person gone forever

I beg for swift escape of the fortified sorrows

I have become accustomed to the heart wrenching racket

The nauseating sound continues after the electrocardiograph is shut down

The echoes of painful, premature death will resume another time

For I’m a cancer patient too

Tumors have claimed footholds in my precious colon

Stage four the doctor informs me

Barely six weeks to live

Grant my single wish sir

Promise my body lays underground beside my girlfriend

Souls only voice their sincere feelings in whispers

Thank you for reading and have yourself a wonderful day!