A practice in respiration, breathe out then in As doors begin to shut, new chapters begin Rosaries clutched then tossed in the dirt My faith diminishes as I succumb to the hurt Your Spirit Dies My heart breaks as you waste away You'll forget my name for one more day The sky grows colder and bereft of light Your waning memory matches your fading sight I watch as you grasp for your final breath One day in life and the next in death (You said) that everything was fine (Never once) did it cross my mind That I would be on the other side of the flatline Giving up the ghost as your soul resigns My reflection is distorted by your absence Though you'll live on in unending heartache How much longer must I pretend That the hurt won't turn to hate?