~The Road Less Taken~

Saturday, March 7, 2009

I Saw You

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
Slipping away as you tried to scale
One more hurdle than your heart could handle.
I saw you drift slowly but surely
Like the leaves on an autumn tree
To a fate symbolic of what you meant.
I saw you fade into the dark clutches
Of a blinding apparition who had stalked you
And possess you for himself forever, and yet
I saw you etch yourself on flesh and blood,
Scratching deep scars in smooth stone
Where innocence would never dare.
And as I saw you die, I wondered not
Why you died at all, but whether
Having died after living,
You would live after dying
Or simply die forever –

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
And as I saw you dead, I wondered
Why you died at all, and then
I saw you speak to me, a deep resonance –
That life was not about the black or white,
But the existence of gray.

I stopped to rest at 8:45 PM

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...