I've had tracks running down tubes,
into the moisture of her mouth
just hours before I lost her,
and I wipe away the tears.

You have hospital spreads,
to keep her comfortable in,
she was frosting at her mouth,
"Nothing we can do for her"

Hold on, as this adrenaline,
running down this tic tac toe,
Has to be a different result,
a coffee since loss of energy

Perhaps she timed it,
when 36 hours had crept,
and I needed caffeine,
and left me not wishing
but long time asleep.
If anything your death,
kept me awake for 72 hours
I would have killed myself,
for 12 of hours adrift
swapped in so deep.