Forever

          Let me pray for you

But he was already dying

                    Why?

My body shuddering

                    All I can think of

Is wasted days in anger

          Never will I see his smile again

His palm against my cheek

          I don't have enough time

                    I never had enough time

I want to stay in this moment

          His body against mine

                    Nothing else

I'm not ready

          Not ready for his death

For I finally realize

          I choose him

Over everything

          I choose him

I know he's infected

          I know he has to be put down

I grab for the scythe

          As I swing the blade

His eyes open

Those impossibly green eyes

          Usually searching for me,

                    Now too vivicous

He now falls limp

I love him, but

          He is gone,

                    Forever

I want his hand

          To feel him one last time

His fingers laced through mine

          But he is too far away

I wonder if there ever was

                    A crueler world

Than one that forces us

                    To kill

The people we love most.