to death, my friend

i can smell
your lack of breath
as flowers wilt
in your path
.
i hear
the emptiness
you cloak with
rustle in my dreams
these nights

.
i can see
your yearning
reach out its tentacles
to wrap
my mind
.
i can touch
your heart's dilemma
as it swings
between what I know
and what you know
.
i can taste
chew & savor
fear
trapped in your chest
.
but why ,

my friend

?