Mistress Death

I have seen you in the shadows in the corners of the rooms,
Rooms brightly lit with fluorescent lights
Where shining bags of saline and antibiotics sway.
You're always ready, ready to take what is rightfully mine.
I know at times your siren song is sweet to his ears,
But he fights you to stay with me. He chooses me.
I have fought you, too, in the darkness of my dreams,
I have wrestled like Jacob and prayed,
Stayed awake and watched, like Peter was supposed to do,
My tears on his hands, my heart burning and expanding
Sending all my strength into his body,
All my love into his heart. 
Fade away now, the light has hit every corner
Of the room. Put your greedy hands
Behind you. He is mine again.
Begone, Mistress Death
Until I will have to face you
Once again.