No More Question

We used to play this game

Where I would say your name

I would ask you how you were 

And repeat the question again to make sure

Every day you'd say you're fine

That you were good and on cloud nine

But today when we played this game again

The tone of your voice changed right there and then

Normally you would just say yes and plead the fifth

But today you gave the true answer when you replied with;

“My lips have forgotten how to smile

A single footstep feels like a mile

My favorite food does not taste the same anymore

And I no longer know what to pray for

It is something I don't know how to come back from
My entire being has just started to feel numb

Because I have no more tears to cry

I have no more breath to sigh

I have no more energy to give

In all honesty, I have no more reason to live”

I looked at you and saw your facial expression

And ever since that day I no longer pose the same question

Because now when it is your name I say

It is no longer a game we have to play

Because I no longer had to ask

Now that you have finally taken off your mask