Your face is ashen.
Struck dumb by your existance.
Choking back on tears.
No life lingers.

Drops blossom like a rose.
Pooling down around you.
Mixing clear salt and deep red iron.
Tearing out all hope.

I said I'd do anything for you.
I'd take your pain for myself,
Just for you to smile.
Because seeing you like this kills me.

But you are more stronger,
More than I'll ever be.
To face the new day.
When your life is crumbling.

I said I'd take your pain.
But I couldn't do it.
I'd hate to sound selfish.
But I'd never survive.