Time of Death

At 4:00 pm you took your last few breaths 

At 4:00 pm I felt your unavoidable death

At 4:00 pm I heard the beeping of your monitors and machines slowly shutting down

I held your hand and told you everything was going to be okay  

The memories we had together racing through my mind

Your smile became a photograph engraved in me, an image held in a frame

Your once contagious laughter became an echoing sound 

My world went silent, my ears rang

 I sat on the hospital’s asphalt curb 

Staring at my half-eaten sushi

At 4:07 pm my world got a little smaller and you went farther away

At 4:08 pm you left the life you created behind 

I dont remember the last thing I said to you 

It didnt give me peace of mind 

But you became like the moon was, above me, that night and since.