The Fighter

I feel your life slipping from my hand 
As I hold to yours ever tighter 
This can’t be the end that I’m seeing 
This can’t be the one called The Fighter 

Each breath you take grows shallower 
Chest beneath the sheet doesn’t rise 
I want to hold onto you forever 
But I prepare for final goodbyes 

I’m grieving for you already 
And for those you are leaving behind 
As you find you way to a better place 
Emptiness is all we will find 

Now you’re talking emotions 
When you never admitted to them before 
It’s a side to you I haven’t seen 
This scares me but it scares you more 

So I hold your hand even tighter 
While outside the sky gets lighter 
And I say my goodbyes to the fighter 
Rest in peace my dear fighter