What's Wrong

Time

i breathe too fast

her heart stops

for a moment

we're standing still

in a void where time ceases

our bodies are close

and i see the creases

of her eyes, laugh lines

reminiscent of a time that used to be

it's a dizziness i can't explain

that takes hold of us

her words come out fast

i watched them pass

and suddenly she's gone

time's taken her away

and tears at me in seconds

in minutes or hours

days or weeks

i stopped keeping up

i lost the marathon to her again

she's only a little bit away

i can see her pale skin

and eyes, once blue

now blistering gray

i knew that time

has wrought us out

and chased away our lives

and i repeat the words

that she gave me

sitting on a bare plate

they look sweet

but taste of cyanide

well, i suppose

that's how i died

with time standing over me

and whispering her last

"goodbye"