EXECUTION

We did not know we were about to witness an execution.
It was early morning, gray and dull
The day would be long,
and the day woule be raw
My brothers stroke had been brutal,
but not brutal enough.
He lived still
and our decision would be tough
To removed the machine
that forced his corpse to breathe
His eyes were open
strange, it did seem
I felt as if he were watching
and looking at me.
There's nobody in there the doctor said.
There is nobody left for him to be.
With heavy heart and many tears.
We all agreed to take his source of life.
What we were not prepared for,
was how for that source he would fight
The nurse removed the tube from his throat,
and the taking of his final breaths began
We all stood round his bed
and held his hands.
He could not breathe,
He could not fly.
Not even able to gasp for  breath.
then suddenly he forceably sat up to die,
and then  fell back, for death had won.
And we were left with the collective thought,
My God, what have we done.