Soft Goodbye

You lay in your bed, and I hold your hand.You're weak and I can see the pain in your eyes.You writhe and moan, and I can do naught but to watch.You say that this is how it has to be.That there's nothing that anybody can do to help.You say that God is calling you.When they diagnosed you with the cancer, none of us could believe it.But you were brave when faced with adversity, fighting it every step of the way.We all supported you, but the doctors said that you wouldn't survive.You accepted your fate, and lived your last moments on earth to the max.You loved with all your heart, you sang with all your soul, and you danced with all your might.You lay in your bed, and I hold your hand.I'm crying, and you gently say that it will all be okay, and that you will see me in heaven.I tell you I love you, and you say it back with your dying breath.I see the life leave your body, and I whisper a soft goodbye.