Searching for answers

You turn from me and hide your face from sight
I search for clues that hide within your heart
I beg for you to share with me your plight
A look, a glance that forces us apart.

I feel the weight of your unending tears
You pull from me and move towards the door
The love we share now fades and disappears
That knife of pain shoots deep within my core.

My hand outstretched and clutching for your coat
A piece of paper falls onto the ground
The diagnosis catches in my throat
I curl into a ball. No tears. No sound.

Apologetic words, the last I hear.
To die is to embrace your greatest fear.