Asphyxiation

The clouds came in so thick and so fast
And coated us in death
For you the end came quick
For me it takes its time

You took your last breath
When you were scorched forever stuck in time
I’m instantly paralysed but sentenced
To die a slow, agonising death

I look at your now peaceful statue
Glad that you, at least are free
While ash silently smothers me
Burning me so painfully slow

It’s clogging my airways
And burning my flesh
The weight upon my lashes
Begin to force what is left of my eyelids shut

So I take my last chance to look at you
And, happy that you are encased forever by my side
I remember how we once were
And let the darkness capture me

Although I can no longer see
I can still feel my body being scorched
It feels like my bones are being cooked
And like my lungs are lined with ash

I feel like I’m stuck in an agonising nightmare
But this is all too real
And even though the physical pain is excruciating
Being here knowing you are gone is worse

So as I lie here aware of nothing but pain
I think of you and how we love each other
And let that be my consolation prize
Until our spirits reunite