From The Chest Down

Warm steel lays on top of you, under quiet trees.
Cold fear taks ahold of you. Can’t feel anything.
When your spine went and became two.
I’m sorry I wasn’t there. All I wanted to see was you.
You’re sleeping. I said a prayer. Gravel pressing into your skin.
You can hardly breathe. But I’m so far away.
Tell me anything. Please forgive me.