I woke today still feeling your
Warm rough hand touching the
Crest of my head.
I still can't shake the feeling
And the fading image
Of the Dead world I woke from.
You and I were the
Last ones,
The ones who could still
Experience feeling.
The ones who could still
Experience Life.
You held me tight
And protected me
All through that Dead night.
If the rest of the world was
Dead right now,
Would you hold me and
Protect me
Like you did last night?

I saw your sacrifice--
A drop of sweet blood--
As proof you were not
Dead like the others.
I showed my own Life blood too.
I sensed your hatred,
Felt waves of heat
Extinguish those Dead that harmed.
We and Life were in the sunlight,
The last place Dead
Was kept from.
Under lock and chain,
The Living Dead was kept from sight.
Confident you were,
But I knew you were still scared,
Just like me.
Regardless, you protected me
From this nightmarish reality.

Don't leave me now,
I still need to Live.