I can`t think of how
to say what I want,
those final moments, so fleeting
yet indelibly burnt in my memory
I cannot understand,
I can`t believe how it happened,
my last kiss on your shoulder
the last breath leaving you .
Was it merely chance
that the two coincided?
Or was there some reason you held on
till this last embrace.
I think that
you waited
till I,
in tears and in sorrow
finally, with a peace
and acceptance
both far beyond me
finally realized
it was time
to let you go