She speaks
truth
only
and feels
the immense
resistance and
defence
the guarding
of locked-up things
that call her
over the heads of
the defender
okay so
not the time yet
she has to repeat
to herself and the things
not the time
yet
...

I died
with a smile
when she left me
there alone
standing on rain darkened stone

I longed
for my shadow
to stretch
from my brain
to my tired and platonic bones

My lids
half closed
Ceilings of my soul
There I stood
Blood coursing in veins all aglow

My shape
Vile, viscous
Tears run sour
cried over
by none but the dark earth below

I mourned
broken windows
through which
droplets of light
displayed my infinite carbon-based life

But… I loved
And so I perished with a smile that night.