I found you
So still
I hardly dared breathe
It couldn’t be

The life had left you
Maybe minutes ago
Half an hour
I didn’t want to believe

You were cold to the touch
Save where you lay
On the heating blanket
Which kept you half warm

I begged you to wake
The life was gone from you
It didn’t make any sense
You were too young

I called 9-1-1, began compressions
I tapped your face and begged you to wake
I clasped my fingers together
And pressed on your body with all my weight

To make your heart beat
I attempted to breathe life back into you
A chilling gurgle of the phlegm in your lungs
Your only response

They don’t tell you about the sounds
About the absolute silence
Then the rasp of your airways
As we try to force life back into you

They don’t tell you about the smells
The hint of decay, light at first
Then stronger and stronger
As the life could not be returned to your body

Though your heart beat artificially
Your body was dead, you were dead

My love, I will never forget how still
How perfectly still I found you
How cold, and how warm at the same time
My love, how could I ever forget you.