I made a promise once
Delivered on solemn terms
To disrupt the discourse
That had damaged that which
I only sought to serve

Memories fade
Moments escape me
Bits of lightning come back
To strike me a vision of what
Time had scattered

But those final words
That last encounter
Etched its way through
Hazy reveries, embedding upon
The foundation which thoughts form

And yet, O yet
This final word
Will drift off lightly
Barely off the lips
Before fading to mist

I felt the breath dissipate
Trapped by the rising awareness
Clawing free from its cage
The suspect freedom met
With distilled reflection

Breathe
Darkened eyes
Alighted spine
Hear
The single drop
Held by time

Letting the sun drip rays
Over and dress me in gold
Infused with reflected stars
Constellations forming
From once hidden pathways
Now aligned
To share with mine

Time, just give it time they said
Let the thoughts drop in and
Watch the pain ripple out
Until the rebounding wave
Washes over you with joy instead

Rebirth, echoes forth inside my head
Gasping for breath
In a tussle of sheets
From a moonlit ending
Which was suppos'd to be
An escape from dread

I walked the parapet
Of hushed discord
Watching the birds
Chisel the masonry
With beaks of blood
Sowing new scars
As they carried off shards
To encase something
Better off left for dead

Wings drift through misty froth
Fading off into the Janus sun
Half with
The radiant one
The rest
The wounded star