and suddenly...
kisses
are torn away
from the one
whose love was
put to sleep
forever.
Like a lone dove
I watch over your
lifeless body,
guarding what is left
of you
of us
in blind hope
that I can save you
from the preditors
and the inevitable,
maggot's.
Copyright ©2005
Adryan Rotica
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mourning-dove/
