Departure

She waited
And dimmed
Burning
The setting sun’s a heavy weight

She wallowed
Rotting
Horizon far behind
A heart’s a lover’s lovely urn

She endured
Brazen
Tear shaped
Hornets stitched her skin

She remembered
Searing
Slow dancing fireflies
Embers sparkling in his eyes

She reached
Frail hands’s
Stone and bone
Heed hot candle’s shapeless wax

She walked
Discerning
For a deep cold abyss
To walk within and swallow

She walked
And waited
And remembered
Ceremonial departure