Welcome Death by Miranda Hernandez

Disease takes the mind

Who is she? He asks.

It started to happen

More and more, I confess

Disease takes the mind

I’m not hungry, he says.

The body is wasting

His rib cage I caress.

Disease takes the mind

Who is he? I cry.

His goofy banter

Disappeared with each breath.

Disease takes the mind

Come with me? Calls God.

Surrounded by loved ones

We all welcome death.