I have never known such intimacy.
Our bodies locked against each other.
I knew when I looked in your eyes
And saw each and every ugly fear
We shared as men in arms and combatants,
That our as our blood, breath and sweat mingled,
That no lover could ever hope to reach
This sublime sharing of mind and spirit …
I know you sense my every thought and feeling.
Yours is the last heartbeat I will ever know.
I did not think it would end like this,
Close to you, close to death, embraced by you.