I OF THE STORM

TO EMBRACE THE INEVITABLE SHADOW AND FALL BEFORE GRAVITY

TO WATCH THE SHROUD’S DESCENT AND ACCEPT THE EMPTY ENDING

I REND OPEN THIS CAVITY TO CRY OUT, NOT SEEKING TO SILENCE SORROW

FOR THE INCALCULABLE WHYS, SHED BY A MOTHER, IN SUDDEN DEVASTATION

WALK BARE

TO DUST NOW SETTLED