What Sarah Said
and it came to me then
that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time
as i stared at my shoes in the ICU
that reeked of piss and 409
and i rationed my breaths as i said to myself
that i’d already taken too much today
as each descending peaks on the LCD
took you a little farther away from me
away from me
amongst the vending machines and year old magazines
in a place where we only say goodbye
it’s done like a violent wind that our memories depend
on a faulty camera in our minds
and i knew that you were a truth
i would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all
and i looked around at all the eyes on the ground
as the tv entertained itself
cos there’s no comfort in the waiting room
just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
then the nurse comes round and everyone lifts their head
but i’m thinking of what Sarah said,
that love is watching someone die
so who’s gonna watch you die
so who’s gonna watch you die
so who’s gonna watch you die
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