How do you tell a mother Her son is dead? How do you tell a lover Their love is dying? How do you tell a child Their mother is passing? How do you tell someone They won’t make it? How do you tell someone Their heart will stop. Their lungs will stop Their kidneys will stop Their brain will stop Their life will stop. You wait. You wait until they see it in your eyes Your hanging lips Your fidgeting hands Your furrowed brow Your broken heart. You let them understand Before you say anything. You let them come to the conclusion So they are not left in confusion Before you say the words Nobody wants to hear Because you don’t want to see A mother sob A lover fall A child break A world dissolve. You don’t want to see it. You don’t want to see any of it. So you wait.