Like that

I saw her crying but did not know why.

I rushed to her, to give comfort, be at her side.

Calling her name as I crossed the street.

She turned but a distant stare, I did meet.

Confused till I saw the horrors untold.

My body laying there, pale and cold.

Stark terror in my soul started to creep.

All the promises I would not be able to keep.

I could not tell her I loved her one last time

Or hold her when worries troubled her mind.

So much I wish I could say,

All the things, I had pushed off for another day.

Life was really never too hard to decern.

Live each moment to the fullest, but took dying for that lesson to be learned.