Last Five Minutes (A Free-Verse)

(5:00 PM) Cold sweat broke

I cried out

Every inch of my skin

            screaming.

(5:02 PM) Devouring pain

Blood seared through my veins

Heart already syncopated

            Betraying me by the second

No longer felt

The needle

Infusing me with

Hope and memories.

My senses forsook me

One by one

Arms shaking without consent

            Losing  utmost control.

Dear God, not now! I cried.

Must it be now?

Must He remove me

            From this life?

(5:03PM) The light from above

Dimming

Only reminder of life

            Gone.

(5:04 PM) Suddenly, I missed

Someone’s scent

But

            Huff...huff...huff...

Then-

The final gasp!

Everything I was...

My love

My life

            My self...

           

D  e  t  a  c  h  e  d .

I was no more.

(5:05 PM).