Final Prayer

I whimper softly when you come
Knowing this is our last  
You say that I’ve betrayed our love  
Then I feel the blast    
 
Your piece of lead is taking my life  
I stand now in despair  
But as I fall toward the ground  
I pause to say a prayer  
 
If I could only go back again?  
I’d live for more than self    
Could I not redeem more time  
For the sharing of my wealth?  
 
This falling will be ending soon  
I’ll not touch lightly down  
But with the crush of bone and flesh  
I’ll remain within earth’s bounds  
 
Your bullet struck home, so now I end  
Naked as I began  
From the moment that I hit the ground  
I’ll be turning into sand  
 
All the loves and lust I’ve shared  
Now float out into empty  
I have regrets and could-have-beens  
I’m dead now barely twenty