Why

He stood at the threshold and offered a single word

‘Why?’

I did not need to look up to feel his pain

It cried through that word and crawled into my heart

‘Why do you want me to die?’

I stood there speechless.

You have got it wrong I wanted to scream

I don’t ever want to say goodbye.

How do I say that I refuse to lose him

That I don’t want to find him lying in the streets people walking by

Instead I spouted

“Why?”

“Why have you done this .....

Why have you done this to us?”