Heightened emotions as the tear widens into an chasm

Lifetimes slip by

All those lives that could, would, and might but will never exist

The time to break free arrives but it is with sorrow that we say goodbye

I hold your hand one last time, grasping for the lost warmth of yesterday

Your eyes have started to depart from me, seeing the world now without me

And my rib is once again removed

My heart beats beats beats from the pain

Overwhelming as it is the intensity purifies me

The next moment comes

3/2/2007