I lay awake at night listening 
to you crying 
your tears stained the floor 
traces of hair and blood often found 

You whispered to me 
through the forest 
We shared a moment once 
Now I let you go 
The suffering is too much 

Your suffering 
was my suffering 
Your death 
will heal us both 

I scatter your ashes 
amidst the stream you loved 
now forever a part of it 
washed away along with your pain 
and mine