Dead/Resuscitate

If I were dead would you try to resuscitate me?
If I drowned would you pump the water from my lungs and lay me out like a soiled sweatshirt
To dry in the sun?
Would you try to help me stand as I watch the water devour my toes in the sand
If I were dead would you have a break down at the wake?
Empty my remains onto the ground, say a prayer and see if I come back around?
Crush the roses between your finger tips?
Tell the funeral parlour it was all just a mistake; “She's alive and well and this casket
Makes her body ache.”

Would you like to share our breath like conjoined twins in the womb?
Would you hold me close and say, “My God, I'll never let go”?
Declare that the flower in the garden is my namesake, that simple rose?
Blasphemy only works when you understand the wrong in what is being said
Do you believe in the words that you say?
How does it feel to stand and scream out words you don't mean?
How does it feel to stare into the face of failure and still not know what you see?

“Her death was a mistake, so please don't enjoy the wake
I never meant to put her head through the window glass, I never meant to miss
That stop sign. I swear it on my life, I swear it to God.
I'm sure if the impact hadn't killed her she would have laughed and said,
'I'm sorry for all of the blood in your car and for the glass in the center of my forehead.
I'm sorry for the mess, I'm sorry for turning the music up so loud.'

“Loud...loud, was the sound as the body went clean through the glass; first the head and then
Shoulders second.
I barely had time to scream as the wind was knocked out of me
I was driving in the front seat and I had my seat belt on so the airbag took it upon itself to
Save my life
She was in the passenger seat without her seat belt on, drinking a bottle liquor and just
Singing along”

Do you care that much for me? Would you say that for me? Would you honestly
Apologize upon my lifeless body?
If I were dead would you try to resuscitate me?
If I drowned would you pump the water from my lungs and lay me out like a soiled sweatshirt
To dry in the sun?
Would you try to help me stand as I watch the water devour my toes in the sand
I'm barely alive, I'm practically dead; will you try to resuscitate me?