Pain that slashes like a knife

Eyes that are devoid of life

Crimson stains the floor below

Cries that hold the tales of woe

I see my life before my eyes

And slowly come to realize

The words I said were full of hate

Maybe, just maybe, it isn't too late

To repair the damage that I've done

And somehow tell her only son

The words I've never said before

They haunt me to my very core

I cringe as breathing starts to fade

And sigh as my soul starts to wade

Across the border between dark and light

I understand eternal night-

Has come to claim me finally, at last

I can divulge my horrid past

What I've done can never be paid back

I know now as my vision turns to black

I freely give my memories

In the hope that he'll remember me

For who I tried to be, not who I was

It's important to me because

His mother, whom I loved so dear

Is gone and sadly can never hear

The words I say to him are the ones I should've said

To her long ago, but I say to him instead

Through the pain I pull him near

But say loudly for all to hear

I'm sorry for all that I have done

I guess in the end I never won

What I really wanted and I say this is true

Was to spend life with her; and now you

Know the story of my life

Know the perils, trials, and tails of strife

I've had to go through, had to endure

I can die knowing now my soul is pure

Cleansed of the hatred I had shown to you

I can do now what I've never been able to

Love freely, truly, and without restraint

I leave this life with no complaint

I feel no strength left in these bones

The love of my life is calling me home

I see her face, I see her eyes

I see her breaking as she cries

Her hand goes up to hold her heart

As she promises to do her part

And for the last time the green eyes meet black

My heart can now rest knowing that

I'll soon be in her arms again

Our life together can begin

If not alive then forever in death

I have taken my final breath

My body goes limp and my soul is freed

I walk down the path I know will lead

To salvation, to life, and to my love

I exit this world for the world above.