Love’s Sickness

Frail, scalp exposed

Confused, with a fire in her eye

Lets get out of here

A final embrace before joining again shortly

The hug around her dying husband

Could never be as tight as the cancer in her brain

Shes saying goodbye, to her world

Death waving goodbye to death

Two lives empty down separate drains

A cruel race

Because hospital beds have wheels

They shared this

The final stage of a marriage

The terminal ache of her core

Exploded by the grief

The shards continue to irritate

The depth of her sickness

Parallels her loss

Guardrails pointing to the end