Remain

My heart
Is bleeding
Tears
All over
The forest floor

The song of your voice
Echoes back to me
In the gentle rustling
Of fresh-budded
Leaves

Blades of grass
Gladly bowed down
Under your feet
Now
Are slowly
Gathering
Energy
Returning
To their posts
Sentries
In a field
Of green

The air
Gently tousled
In the wake
Of your dance
Once again
Graces my cheek
Riding
The tail
Of a
Playful breeze

Far off
The call of a hawk
It was always here
But now
Expands into the
Space
Made
When your words
Faded away

And my heart
Rides
The gentle tides
Of grief
And peace
Of seeing
That I belong
Of feeling
How deeply
I long
Of knowing
Today
I feel pain
And yet
I am
Still
Okay