Beside your Bedside

Beside your Bedside

I sat beside your bedside

wondering what to do

watching, waiting, hoping

for bittersweet peace

Beside your bedside

Final moments,

wrapped in sad despair

wanting an end for your

pain, not you

Beside your bedside

one final time, wanting to see you,

one last time

but you've gone

Beside your bedside

I sit, listening

to ear piercing

silence, once filled with your

gentle snore.

Beside your bedside

I hold your hand

wish you a safe journey

and raise a glass of beer