She told him to aim

With his heart' like

That would keep him

From danger' saw children swarming

With flies' and wounded

Crawling for shelter' the smell of war

Is in the air' and there's

No stopping the vultures'

We could have handled them

Once' but we forgot what we stand for

Sprung from his beating

Chest' through veins and to

His fingertips' to paper

Waiting patiently' for words

That filled his heart with fear'

But he would not' turn back

This time' steadfast he pushed through

Every line' watched ink dance through

His last goodbye' and felt

This urgent plea fall from his lips

Carry me' when my broken body

Is numb' be my dawn'

When these endless nights stretch on

And in her dreams that night'

She saw a phantom with the ocean

In his eyes' the smell of sea foam

In his hair' and so she waited

On the shore for him' for days'

And when she saw his body borne

In by the tide' bobbing gently

On the waves' she felt his promise

Shatter' fall in facets' sparkling

Like a thousand breakers' catching

And refracting the light from a dying sun

She swam out to him' laid her

Head against his chest' inhaled through

Gritted teeth' and cursed the gods

With all her breath' her fury

Moved them' they cast her soul into

The wind' where it rose above

The waves to be with his'

And where they met' two birds of white'

Sailed out across a sea as deep as

Any sea I've ever known'

And close to twilight'

When the sun meets the horizon'

And the waves beat out a cadence

On the sand' you can hear

Her' singing softly' in a voice

As clear as glass

I will carry you