when his yellowed eyes <br />looked into mine <br />and he pleaded <br />begged me <br />not to let him die <br />he didn't want to <br />it ripped my heart in two <br />i told him that we were trying <br />trying so very hard <br />doing every single possible thing <br />he just kept asking <br />he knew <br />like we all did <br />how sick he really was <br />that he wasn't ever leaving <br />then the blood started <br />it poured out of his rectum <br />it poured out of his mouth <br />and we couldn't see the origin <br />not until they brought in the scope <br />even the gastric expert gasped <br />when he saw the level of damage <br />no explanation of just how <br />we kept trying anyway <br />he begged us still <br />after the breathing tube <br />was inserted <br />he mouthed the words <br />don't let me die <br />please <br />i don't want to die <br />he was already so sick <br />weeks before the bleeding started <br />his organs had given up <br />no candidate for surgery <br />emergency or not <br />i left that morning knowing <br />as we all did to be honest <br />that he was going to die quite soon <br />within a matter of hours <br />maybe less actually <br />we went home when the others came <br />secretly relieved for the change of shift <br />unable to watch our failure <br />our chance to get away <br />from the jaundiced <br />once blue eyes <br />pleading <br />don't let me die <br />nobody ever told him we wouldn't <br />we knew we were delaying the inevitable <br />holding the reaper at bay <br />we just kept saying <br />we're trying <br />and we were <br /> <br />August 4th,2008 <br /> <br /> <br /> eric was only 24 years old....<br /><br />Indiscreet Episode<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eric-5/
