Unknown Feeling

"I don't want to kill you." He spoke in the silence of the room Sat a top of the stairs of the basement to think a new He stared down at her, the way she looked back up A pained expression Trying to crawl her way up the stairs Crawling towards what seemed to be death itself Where else to go With no hope but acceptance Reaching her hand out for him To hold his hand at the brink of her own death Not wanting to be alone Why not hold the hand of your death