Those Who Have Fallen Asleep

From those who have fallen asleep

To those who endure endless night,

Shadowed treasures to keep

Of those who have fallen asleep.

The dark hides the wounds so deep

Left by souls in their flight

From those who have fallen asleep

On we who endure endless night.

Loss

In the white
cotton quiet
amid the ragged
rise
and fall,
rise and fall,
your fingers write
memories
on counterpanes
in disappearing
ink.