Allow us this time.

Be here with me in these final moments.

You insist on parting from me even though it devastates your heart.

Don’t leave me alone in our sorrow.

I need you to feel this with me.

Hold me close and touch my face. I want to remember the feel of your hands on my cheeks.

Soften and say all the words you feel that I most long to hear.

Kiss me with the lips of a man who knows that every time we meet, it may be the last.

Lay yourself bare to me and expose your raw. Accept my brokenness in return.

Be present with me in these final moments.

Let what is left of the light between us carry us through the dark one more time.