To Live

By: KenshinaMisaoKatsumi

Lately I’ve lived waiting, wishing to see the one I love

Her youth, her beauty, her voice as beautiful as a dove

I wait, though they all say that she is gone

I’ve been her for a while, for her I long

Now an enemy approaches, ready for the kill

But she says she won’t hurt me, claims she never will

She tells me to leave, tells me to go

Somehow she is dying, I have to say no

I approach the woman as she crumples to the ground

Now she seems so different, this girl that I have found

Who is she?

Suddenly this question comes to me

She, who is always covering her face

I want to see who she is, finally in this place

I come to her, ready to lift her covering, her sheet

I can feel the quickening of my steady heartbeat

My hands pull it away, pull away the hair

My eyes widen when I see who is there

It is she, the one for who my love was true

I stare into her eyes, so deep, so blue

I stare at her, she stares at me

I pull her up, it is truly her I see

I know now that she is slowly, agonizingly going to die

And somehow I know that there is nothing I can do

The tears drop down my face, just like wet dew

Her body is now shaking, so frail, so weak

Why did the end of my love’s life have to be se bleak?

I feel so much tension as her heart begins to slow

There’s nothing I can do but let the tears flow

To live, to live as your love dies in your arms

Who knew such heartache existed?

Her life drains away

Who made it this way?

To live, to live, with her I feel complete

Why, why must it be like this?

I hold her so tight

I’ve lost all my might

“Please, please,” I beg, “Why must you take her?”

To live, to live alone