Ashes

Let us start at the end because that is where it all began Ashes I clinched my fist because I did not want to let go I literally watched you slip through my fingers I cursed the day The day I looked into your eyes, lying there On a bed that represented hope Until that moment The moment I realised that you were actually sleeping on your death bed You told me that you wanted to be cremated And you wanted to be scattered in the ocean Since you never got to go when you were capable And you made me promise that I would make sure it happens I blindly agreed because l did not have time to digest it As l watched you take your last breath and expire Now I am standing on the beach thinking about that day And I rue the day l made you that promise I foolishly agreed because I did not realise that it meant I would have to lose you twice I was clinching my fist because I knew letting go would be losing you all over again But I had to fulfill my promise So l let you go Ashes That is how it ended.