Bedside Vigil

I feel tendrils
Of depression
Reaching for me

Just I as sense

Freedom in the air

Mocking my stillness

How do I cleanse death

From this environment

Or should I be

Inviting it in

Welcoming it

So we can live

A new chapter

Remembering

Your face of suffering

Until

The face of suffering

Is not longer yours

And memories

Revert

To the joy

We lived

With you

Healthy

Happy

Vibrant

I feel like

Each day bedside

Erases one more smile

How many more

Will I lose?