Last Breath – v2

At your right,

I sat, silently,

with you, near you

feeling your presence, your pain.

Labored breath fell to

Slow, uneven gasps

barely audible.

Abrupt silence

stillness about you.

Instinctively, going,

I moved.

At your left –

Touch you, your face

Comforting you

at your end.

Your chest heaved

Fitfully, reluctantly,

Under me, my touch.

Draw to you.

My cheek

Against yours

Sharing this moment.

Your last breath.

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edited January 19, 2016

Love Everlasting – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-everlasting-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-everlasting-v2_19.html

posted March 3, 2004

written September 26, 2003 22:41

Love Everlasting

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/love-everlasting.html

&

edited January 7, 2016

Last Breath – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/last-breath-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/last-breath-v2_7.html

posted February 19, 2004

written 9/26/03 22:00

Last Breath

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/last-breath.html

edits 9/27/03 12:45

edits 10/1/03 15:26,

after reading it at Jack Grant’s memorial service,

adding pauses

&

November 8, 2011

under the sheet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/11/under-sheet.html

the dying of Jack Grant, 2003

“Let Me Go”, by Donald Hall

Poet’s Corner

monthly poetry readings

Suncook Senior Center

November 7, 2011

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