I held your hand

As life ebbed away

Spoke of our past

Rose tinged yesterday

Eyes fixed on mine

Fingers weak

Listened with a smile

Unable to speak

I moistened your lips

Stroked your forehead

Gently climbed onto

The clinical hospital bed

Wrapped my arms

Around your ravaged body

Spooned for the last time

Heard your soul fly

By Margaret Karim

From: United Kingdom