Wednesday, April 29, 2020

a different life, unlike this one

the dying man

whispers his regrets to the attending
nurse.

a stranger, at best,
seeing him

to the other side of this
madness.

I wish, he says, I wish, struggling
to breathe,

to get out
the words caught in his heart,
his throat,

hardly able to cough or free
himself as he drowns
in his see within.

I wish, he says, pulling her
closer,

his hand reaching out to
touch her.

I wish I had loved more.
he says. and not lived the life

I did.


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