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I can't see her eyes

Staring deep into mine

Her radiant beauty

Fades from sight

The haunting memories of her

Will never die

There she lies weeping

By my side

The tears she sheds

Burn through my flesh

Her hand holds mine,

Though I cannot feel

Aware of it all,

But does not seem real

The world before me

Turns to black

At the end of life

With no way back

My soul in extremis

Leaves this world

And transcends ...