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Amber Jan 2013
"A day of life has approached me. The day of death. As others say it "My time has come." Then thee others cry. I am old now. It's just a regular type of day. Except today I lie on my death bed. It's comfy. I don't need anything. No water, fresh towels, jello. Nothing. I am sad yes, yet I do want is the pain to stop. Don't pull the plug yet. Please let me die trying. I don't want to give up. I love you." Those were his last words to me. "I love you."
  Two hours later; he died. I stayed holding his hand. After the buzzer was a tone of one. Continuing, beeeeeeeeep and so forth. I kissed him on the head. I never walked out. Yes, I cried. He was my husband. Seventy two years of marriage. I slept there because he was my home. He always told me. "Darling, I wan't to see the world. Do you mind if we sell our home and explore?" All I said was "You are my home." With a smile, after that we held hands under the roof of our house.  We married at about sixteen maybe seventeen years of age. We lived good. "I love you too." I broke. I cried. They escorted me out of there as I watched them finally put the sheet over his head. I screamed. I cried. I did not run when they put me in a room. A lady sat there in front of me and said "Please, don't scream. We will be keeping him here. Until you figure out how, well ether he will be buried or he..." I cut her off. "I understand. May I see him one last time?" I begged "Yes..." She said with a sigh. This will be the last I will see of him. Yet again I say "I love you..." Grasping his chest holding him with all my might.
  I never saw him again; because I ran. I ran from his last day.
Kwabena Antwi Jun 2018
For seven odd seasons I felt you rock your self to sleep.

Seventy miles or seven inches, your heart beat synced with mine and I could feel you as you did me.

An empty life till I was seventeen, it took seven tries, seven trials, seven lonely walks down seven flights to break the curse of sevens.

Seven scares, seventy seven days and seven hours left the magic dead, buried seven feet deep, my heart torn into seven million pieces.

I dream of seventy. The seven thousand hours it will take to piece this heart together, to get it to beat once again.

I dream of seventy. My heart, old, patched, will beat once more. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeeep!
Bambi Oct 2013
"A day of life has approached me. The day of death. As others say it "My time has come." Then thee others cry. I am old now. It's just a regular type of day. Except today I lie on my death bed. It's comfy. I don't need anything. No water, fresh towels, jello. Nothing. I am sad yes, yet I do want is the pain to stop. Don't pull the plug yet. Please let me die trying. I don't want to give up. I love you." Those were his last words to me. "I love you."
  Two hours later; he died. I stayed holding his hand. After the buzzer was a tone of one. Continuing, beeeeeeeeep and so forth. I kissed him on the head. I never walked out. Yes, I cried. He was my husband. Seventy two years of marriage. I slept there because he was my home. He always told me. "Darling, I wan't to see the world. Do you mind if we sell our home and explore?" All I said was "You are my home." With a smile, after that we held hands under the roof of our house.  We married at about sixteen maybe seventeen years of age. We lived good. "I love you too." I broke. I cried. They escorted me out of there as I watched them finally put the sheet over his head. I screamed. I cried. I did not run when they put me in a room. A lady sat there in front of me and said "Please, don't scream. We will be keeping him here. Until you figure out how, well ether he will be buried or he..." I cut her off. "I under stand. May I see him one last time?" I begged "Yes..." She said with a sigh. This will be the last I will see of him. Yet again I say "I love you..." Grasping his chest holding him with all my might. 
  I never saw him again; because I ran. I ran from his last day.
Elizabeth Dec 2019
Good afternoon!
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Hello?
Come here.
Stand up.
Sit down.
Breathe.
Step here.
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Welcome.
Tell me…
Let’s try…
See you soon!

[ten weeks]

Good afternoon!
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Hello?
Come here.
Breathe.
Sit down.
Stand up.
Step here.
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Welcome.
Tell me…
Let’s try…
See you soon!

[ten weeks]

Good afternoon!
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Hello?
Come here.
Sit down.
Breathe.
Stand up.
Step here.
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Welcome.
Tell me…
Don’t worry.
That’s normal.
Let’s try…
See you soon!

[ten weeks]

Good afternoon!
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Hello?
Come here.
Breathe.
Stand up.
Sit down.
Step here.
Take a seat.
He’ll be just with you.

Welcome.
Don’t worry.
That’s normal.
Please sit.
It’s okay.
Let’s try…
See you soon!

[two weeks]

Come.
Sit.
Wait.
Arm.
Blood.
Breathe.
Be calm.

Beeeeeeeeep

We tried.

— The End —