My Final Farewell Poem by Derrick Andrews

This feeling, this aching, it tortures me so,

I'd give all that I own if this pain would just go,

I'd relinquish all joys for just one moment of relief,

But I am the guilty, I've caused my own grief,

I'm so close to the edge that I tremble in fear,

This would all go away if I had someone near,

To cheer me up, pat me on the back, and tell me move on,

But the one that lighted my path, has disappeared, forever­ gone,

I can not stay around any longer, to watch myself decay,

So I accept my fate, and act upon it today,

I'll feed my sadness to the monster,

I'll help him grow stronger,

Oh what will I become, I wonder,

Will it be my pain or my humanity, that's left in sunder,

All I can do is feed it the rest,

Cross my fingers and hope for the best,

I pray that it helps me, if not, all is lost,

For I'm gambling with my life, and I must pay the cost,

But all I can say is I'm nearing my end,

So I'm saying goodbye, you won't see me again...