More Life and Death

There is something about witnessing a death that puts life into perspective.

Pulse fades

Breaths slip

Stop

And what was, still is, but isn’t

Breaths catch

Tears come

Silence

And Truth sets in

Sobs begin

Jaws shake

Reality

Arms reach out for something, someone

Even if you didn’t know him

You can feel the presence of this man

As his family holds his hand
In this body, in the bed, minutes ago lived a man -who now is dead.