while i looked the other way you dropped to the ground
like the last of summer leaves fading to fall.
outside the window the flames flickered and died -
the same way your eyes did, even as i stood and watched.
in the darkness i reached out for your missing warmth;
in the darkness i cried for your missing heart.
in the darkness you whispered your last words to me, but
in the darkness you fell and left
alone.