Last time I held his hands....cold as ice,

No longer warm and talismanic to my eyes.

His vacant divinely dull smile,

Affable and dazzling reflecting in my smile.

Eyes unblinking motionless blank,

Once where all my debilitating insecurities sank.

His feet flaky swollen barely discernable,

Mercifully swift tireless exceedingly valuable.

Sullen and ominous lips frozen as ice,

Making me yearn for that cheerful buoyant voice.

But no my strongest and Leaden Hero is gone

Leaving me irremediably lost and alone.