A beating heart

"I love you so.. but please let me go"

I couldn’t seem to let her go.

She was draining life from me with every word she spoke

just like the tubes attached to her body were draining her life away from those eyes I fell for.

I watched her struggle just to drag a breath in from the air around her,

I couldn’t stop my eyes from spilling rivers.

My heart aches

Her heart aches

Then my heart stops when I hear the beeping stop on her heart monitor.

my love,

my life,

her last words a request for me

to just let her leave peacefully.

now my favorite words,

The last words I heard from her beautiful voice.