I can't help but notice the way his hand shakes as I hold it so tightly.
His eyes meet mine and I saw for the first and last time the way the fear reaches into the very depths of his soul.
"Don't do this to me Harry… Please don't do this to me."
I plead with him to change what he cannot change.
"I can't bear it."
But he has not strength to answer, not even to whisper my name one last time. I can see that he is leaving me and time seems to slow, as if time itself wishes to spare my loss...
The world's loss…
The Earth seems to have faltered in its eternal orbit of the sun and it faintly stutters beneath my feet as my world comes tumbling down.
I can only watch as his chest fails to rise, I can only gasp as his most beautiful emerald eyes fall vacant, I can only grip more tightly as his hand threatens to fall from mine.
"You promised you'd never leave me." I whisper, choking on my tears.
But the dead can't awaken to keep their promises.
And so my vice-like grip unfurls.
My hand and heart fall empty.
And I, like him am no more.
Never to return
Never to return
Your lifeless eyes to nothingness stare
No breath escapes you now
And as the night brings chill to the air
The lingering sun goes down
Never to return
Never to return
Those around me go to ground and weep,
But my heart is not my own.
Memories so precious are all I keep,
My broken spirit has flown.
Never to return
Never to return