maiden waiting
Gently, lovingly, I lay by your side, and
gently, lovingly
Your hair so long, so sweet, so wayward,
gently, lovingly
and I am stiff, and I am lithe (your grace, your grace, your grace)
my fingers touch your hair.
Gently. Lovingly.
A gift, given
...gently... lovingly
And you are sleeping, and you are sleeping, and you are sleeping, and it is
gently
lovingly
that you went to sleep
for me
(i scream in quiet rage at your sacrifice but i cannot help but
(smile
no, now i know
(with all my wicked teeth)
(there is no recalling your sacrifice)
it is alright.
Gently, lovingly.
I wait.
I am not angry.
I wait.
If only I knew the truth how to wake you.
(Gently, lovingly. With a kiss.)
If only I were strong.
I am not calm.
I only wait.
(That is not how they took you from me. But it is how you gave yourself up, away from me. And I resist the urge to fight - roughly, with all rage.
They took you away from me. They caressed your embers and you let freely go, to stoke in me all your tender words.
Gently, lovingly. That is how
(.I resist