The 3 Words
It all started that day
The day you crashed the car
You didn’t mean to
But you really couldn’t control it
From that day on,
I knew something had changed
After that, I could see the decline
Day by day
Sometimes it even made me cry
As time passed
We came home that night
Witnessing the accident
Knowing it was time for her to go
That was when my eyes really opened
I saw what had to be done
From then on, I always came to visit
I was there almost everyday
Helping with anything I could
Knowing you would have to go home soon,
The visits became closer and closer together
It seemed like we began to live there
She became worse and worse
Until her vocal cords finally gave out
All visits after that were painful,
But saying “goodbye” was even worse.
As I said, “I love you” that day,
I began to cry
Realizing she could no longer say it back
But I never gave up
As she made the word “I” strain out of her mouth in pain
I realized there was nothing left I could do.
Her eyes shuttered with the lights
Her hands shook while my eyes filled with tears
The force of the disease overpowered her will
As I stood over her watching her in agony,
The world seemed to stop.
She never stopped trying
Until I had to escape
Running out of the room,
There was no turning back now
The call came a week later
Immediately, we knew was it was
Rushing to the car, then to that place,
Which might as well be a funeral home
In tears now I came inside
Walking down those halls feeling like a bride
Everyone was watching, speechless and in shock
When I reached the room nothing was the same
Lifeless, she laid there
No heartbeat. No pulse.
She was dead.
And that’s why “I love you” are the 3 hardest words to say.