I look at the photographs of us And see your features Etched into my DNA. The way my face Resembles yours Makes my heart sink Because I know That these photographs Are the closest I’ll ever be To seeing your face again. I want to tear them apart So I don’t have to think of you But I can’t bring myself to do it. I just stare with empty eyes Waiting for you to reanimate From a faded Polaroid Like my tears could flood life Back into the ashes that remain of you. Your smile was contagious But our sadness is genetic And now I can’t move on Even after seven years. I don’t forgive you For leaving me so soon And I’ll never forget The way your face looked On that night So cold and so lifeless While you writhed in my arms And I let the light fade Because I didn’t know How to live a life Much less how to save one And as they laid you on that stretcher With that metallic device Attempting to pump life through Your already dead heart I felt a piece of me slip away A piece I’ll never get back.