Where I lay to rest

There’s my hand on hers

Laid gently so that it won’t hurt no more

I stretch her fingers out one by one

Let some of my warmth linger on her as time slows down

And the countdown to infinity begins

I trace every line, peak and curve

One at a time

Every soft, tender, malleable place

I squeeze hard,till it became pale,and let go

Her palm blushes crimson as life flows back right in front of me

Glowing in amber red racing within lucent skin.

Following vibrations of her pulse beat on mine

I venture further down on a lifeline

Feeling every crease, scar and tensed flesh

And amongst all the ebbed numbness and wringed pain

I find her curled up,lost within a deafened silence.

I lay my head to rest by her side.

I absorb every single piece of the darkness.

I remember.

I take it in.

I breathe.

With her.