Close your eyes and remember.
The angelic blue of her eyes as she stares at the ceiling, wondering
The soft scrabble of her searching fingers on my face
The lingering life beneath my helpless hands
The love that has no equal.
Close your eyes and hold it, grip it, seize it, keep it, lock it in.
Others have shown me this path, wandered the long grass bordering the abyss
Guiding, abiding, drifting, caught in the eternal cycle of love and loss.
Crept through every one of the excruciating, fleeting moments
Railed and smiled and wept and slept.
It won’t be long now – treasure it. Close your eyes – rest.
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