Respectfully, I turned away,
Shadows fell, just where you lay,
Curtains drawn since yesterday,
The monument to death.
A crystal tear slid down my face,
Another time, another place,
Empty tributes laced with grace,
Just whispers on their breath.

You died. I cried a thousand times,
A thousand voices chanted rhymes
of death, and bells rang ice cold chimes,
The past etched in your skin.
You left me in my hour of need,
You said you cared, you said you'd bleed,
To make with me a new, bold breed,
Your promises so thin.