Dying in a fall, not in a quiet bed: it has been...
Tripping on a stairway and breaking neck, or...

She climbs fiercely into the open sky
pursued by five intense beasts and I...

I hold her close
as the retching renews...

False Spring came this day
with all its attendant hopes...

Child, you'll see future
events not meant for my eyes...

How is it that you are there and
I am Here and I am not where I would be...

Ever far I've been 'round this world,
Hundreds of cities, thousands of trails...

The kitchen is empty
the corner you slept in...

Looking back is easier now
don’t have to turn my head...

My ties have shortened.
Perhaps my neck got longer...

Irony's not lost
comforting her for lost beau...

The dread creeps into consciousness
sparked by failure to remember...