New poem- The lament

The hospital room is cold as ice
Suppressing a shiver, I close my eyes
Doc keeps saying “It musta been hard
To watch him fall this far.”

I shake it my head clear and go back to a time
Where you’re crackin a smile at my brand new rhyme
So happy with words and music and life
Now the fire is out, like you’ve switched off your light

As the tears run unchecked down these pale white cheeks
Death laughs out loud at the havoc he wreaks
Losing you was the dullest knife
Hacking my heart one beat at a time

As they pull the sheet over your sweat soaked curls
Those silvery wings began to unfurl
In your death, again reborn
From mortal pain your spirit shorn
From wretched earth to love’s pure song
I just wish I could come along

Our last goodbye is in this verse
It’s the darkened windows on a slow, sad hearse
And at last this sad refrain will be done
The day we again become one