Last Words
As you walked out into the rain,
You turned your head,
Looked me straight in the face,
And to me you said,

"Goodbye", simply that,
Nothing more,
I thought nothing of it,
As you walked out the door,

But had I known,
That the last words to me,
Would be so thoughtless,
As were mine to thee,

The last thing I said before you left,
Was during a fight we'd had that eve,
Harsh words, spoken in the heat,
Which caused you to leave,

Calm now, I await your return,
Ready to forgive, to be forgiven,
To be wrapped warm in your arms,
And not to be driven away,

By the heat of the words hanging,
In the still air, everything is calm now,
I'm still waiting for thee to come home,
Something's wrong, I donnnae know how,

I know, but I do,
Tears roll dowm my cheeks,
As I think of the time ahead,
The empty bed, the empty weeks,

Without you, without your warmth,
Devoid of you next to me every night,
I stand at the door, watch for you,
Until soon comes approach of light,

You're still gone, the phone rings,
I jump, I know that it's not you,
A strangers voice tells me where you are,
Where you are, and what to do,

I arrive in place with whitewashed walls,
Cries of pain echo in here,
I listen for you, as I rush to thee,
But there's a tone both loud and clear,
They told me "flatline",
That you were gone, dead,
I cried "no!" They pulled me away,
Then they pulled the sheets over your head,

I went home and looked,
Felt so numb, so wrong,
Heard the words I should've said,
And though this night has seemed so long,
Would have taken but a moment,
To say 3 words to light your way,
Had I the time to take it back,
You know just what I'd say....