Death, Bring Me Life

She will say that I’ve been here for too long,
Ironic, I am here solely for her.
She loves me for the things I’ve taken on,
And this past year has gone by in a blur.
But our lost love lacks the strength to stop time,
And clocks continue tick-tocking away.
Dark ravens swoop in the distance; they chime,
Shouting the end of a life here today.
The old man next to me taps with his cane
On the ground with precise rhythm; keeping
The silence at bay. True love is my bane,
Clutching onto her tight, life passing by.

Here we lie side-by-side, dead together,
Connected by law and steel forever.