What is worse, to look out 

of dimming eyes 
at a world that no longer 
sees you, or to shrink
into oblivion, 
no awareness of what 
comes next?

Would it be harder to vanish,
where once you skipped
and hopped, running across 
a room to tackle a chew toy,
chasing air?

Can I say goodbye? Let you go 
into that limbo that is neither here
nor there, where all our hellos
are forgotten, all our goodbyes 
are yes and amen