There is an appointment
to end your life
on Tuesday
And
I want like hell
to cancel it
like every other date
I ever make
And
If there was anything
in this cruel world
that would save you
(and me)
from yourself-
please
please
please know
I would bend or break
time and space
if anything I said
or did
would make one bit of difference
Six months ago
I found myself asking
who would you go to
in the case that I
might cease to be
And
Now I find myself
staring down the barrel
of a life without you,
based on the kind of consent
a bank teller provisions a robber
with a firearm