left me
lying on the earth within the woods,
rain-soaked leaves of autumn notes comforting my fall.

left me
crying on the wheel,
bones bitten by brutal wind.
a deafening silence...
the sound of you
not next to me.

heart pounding.

tip of my nose red
apples of my cheeks pink
from the returning frostbite
from the absence of your warmth.

heart slows.

97.
esophagus losing the battle.

heart stops.

though my mind will never cease.

the love my heart once carried will never decrease,
long after i am deceased..