directions for requiems.

" And I think of what Sarah said… "

-Death Cab For Cutie

" Love is watching someone die. "

At least that’s what my speaker said.

Then is to die, to watch someone cry?

These lyrics were meant to make kids sigh,

So why do they still fill me with dread?

" …Love is watching someone die…"

I think of relatives, I think of why,

They left this plane, left me for dead,

To die, watching someone cry.

IV drips to me, and yet I try

To avoid their fate, the path they led,

My love is watching someone die.

Hands touch, LCD’s blip, a swoon and faint "goodbye",

Eyes flicker out, and life has fled,

I die, watching my love cry.

I think of these lyrics as I lie,

They compose my final requiem, instead.

My love is watching me die,

And I die watching my love cry.

" So who’s gonna watch you die? "

-Death Cab For Cutie

" What Sarah Said "