jan-u-wine - All the Long Way

All the Long Way

- jan-u-wine

All
the long way,
I saw you:

All
the long way,
you fell.

Never
shall I forget
your face
there
in the heated
Dark,
our shadows
hideous puppets
thrown
in bloodied relief
upon the wall.

Never
can I forget
my own voice,

crying out
words
I should
not
say....

Words I can not
say....

Words I
must
say.

My voice....

crying out....

Rage.

Pain,

Loss.......

Sorrow.

On moonless nights,
in dreams,
I kneel there,
still
and see the white
frightened
gleam
of your face
and hear the diminished
sound
of your cry
rising
to meet mine.

All
the long way,
I saw you:

All
the long way……
to
redemptive peace…..
you fell.