Kettering

I wish that I had known

In that first minute we met

The unpayable debt

That I owed you

Cause you'd been abused

By that bone that refused you

And you hired me to make up for that

Walking in that room

When you had tubes in your arms

Those singing morphine alarms

Out of tune

Kept you sleeping and even

And I didn't believe them

When they called you a hurricane thunderclap

When I was checking vitals

I suggested a smile

You didn't talk for a while

You were freezing

You said you hated my tone

It made you feel so alone

And so you told me I ought to be leaving

But something kept me standing by that hospital bed

I should have quit, but instead

I took care of you

You made me sleep and uneven

And I didn't believe them

When they told me that there was no saving you