Decomposing
Decomposing The night was old, the wind was low The clouds were shrouding hills afar, The moon that stabbed some trees below, A perfect darkness it did mar. We travelled light, we travelled mum, Sinistrous turns were forced to take, Mist showed us sight that made us numb. Oh, did we pray that it was fake. Time had its work on this poor cast, No arms, no ears, like those old busts Of Greece or Rome, eyes empty, vast, Not much left of a lovely maid Between some sycamore trees Circle of ash and in it What’s left of her Life mocked Consumed Left to reappear Fire into water Water into soil Soil into flesh Or so And back And her raw heart Boosted cruel bravery In somebody else’s breast