MOST OF ALL

by NANCY

Rain
Opaques the view across the Park
Another swell
Smacks the glass
A vision dissolves
Us
At the balcony’s wall
Last night
So very far apart

Guardian in Tunnel shadows
You shared fear
Warning
Hope
How could I not
Hear the love you spoke
How
Choose
For
Stephen

No
No
I chose
For
Me

Denied
You

Embraced emptiness

Invited
Death

Chanced your life
Mine

Assigned your heart such pain
In my saving

Wounding us
Doubly

The rain ends
A cruel wind dallies with my grief
Guilt
Wraps it round
Knots
My heart

From dimmed corner
You step
Barely sheltered
Your face
Your cloak
Shining
Drenched
Borne
The storm
I did not brave

Ready with forgiveness
No need my seeking

Understanding
More than I can yet explain

You waited

Wait

For me

_______

for H