LCD glows
arterial red,
i should ration breaths,
too many used today
this place
holds you so close to goodbye,
truth, much easier to lose
than to lie beside nothing at all
and i am watching you
leave me further behind
the tiny grains of sand
tick over with each beat,
i want to deny you peace
in selfish defiance
push away my outstretched hand
to all you ever once imagined
there in a tailored light
you smile tonight
and i know love is watching
someone pass you by
love is here while i watch you die


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