As I lay Dying

Voices in the distance

Become whispers

Laughter fades into whimpers

As I lay dying

My scream is silent

Yet I scream

My dream is silent

Yet I dream

As I lay dying

My lungs swell with mechanical breath

Waiting for deliverance

 Longing for death

As I lay dying

Silhouettes around me hover

Like a vision; like a dream

Sorrow in their blood-shot eyes

I utter a groan, a scream

As I lay dying

My voice dies unheard

As the breathing machine

Mechanically breathes life

Into my still chest as I lay dying

Max O’Reilly