I heard your heart between lungs
filled
seeping with
the chill
from a body to frail
to keep in health.

With each shattered breath
that parted
lips
blue and cracked
I saw a sliver of your light
fade
into
blackness.

We stood
amidst that downy blanket
of
cold. I held you perhaps
too close?

Feeling your wasting
seeing
emaciated
your body I trembled
as you trembled from my
briefest touch.

Lowering your
essence
below
I felt you finally
free
to float above
time and space.