By Netz
Date: 2 October 2000
When I had Breath
When I had breath
You were no part of my life.
When I had eyes to see
Never you did they view.
When I had ears to hear
Absent was your voice.
When my hands, and heart could feel,
There was just emptiness to hold.
If there are tears, I cannot see them now.
When I had tears, you didn't see.
Warmth once could have thawed,
Now the cold is complete.
And now, when there is no me,
You come beside the shell to see
False tears, let not drop,
Let the parting be true.
Please, as in life,
Begone from me.
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