I sit here and watch you sleep

Aware of the blanket that covers your feet                                                                                          

Tubes connect your skin to a machine

And I watch it slowly drain you away

The coughing interrupts your dreams again

Forcing you to fear the next time it visits

Falling asleep to be woken in time

To open your eyes to the suns early rise

You wished us not to see you in this state

But it might be the last time

My heart is dry, no emotion is absorbed

As you sleep, I watch you die.

Your drink sits on the table

Condensation rolling down the glass

Rum and coke fills your throat

A sweet taste of lifelong addiction

Alcohol is substituted for your blood

Now having the responsibility to keep you alive

Pumping new blood through your veins

Until your heart has had enough of the poison

The couch is your new refuge

A place to rest your head

The night fall came for a visit

But you didn’t get to welcome it

For your eyes have been closed since sun