It breaks upon Superior
Like glacier melt or heart unmelt
And starless Night weighs heavy, low
Upon my dreams and love, unfelt
It catches in my lungs – the air
So bitter from this New Moon sky
And seizes up inside my chest
The tears that Night forbade me cry
And if I could I would not cry
For grieving now has broken me
To silent, restless, settled Shame
This night may last Eternally
So I am still or maybe Numb
For even crickets Silent sleep
And dare I – not – forsake the Rest
Of those who’ve not yet learned to Weep
He left me here – exposed, alone
My fear my only company
To wait on Light – may never come –
The aftermath of tragedy
But there, a Note – not yet a song
Lifts from the day’s first Sparrow
It Resonates somewhere within
And dulls the blade of sorrow
Now deepest color – almost black –
Rests gently on the Edge of sea
And though I know it’s not yet dawn
Indigo speaks Hope to me
©2018 Sarah Elizabeth Moore
From the shores of Wicket Lake,
