Before memory fades
And recollection riddles imagination
Like the way the day began
Comprehending eyes shy with hope
guarding the morning sun climbing eastward
Where our step began before full light
We stumbled into the dawning cautiously
You moved against shadows
not knowing when the open raw
burning began
complication censored in tones of
silver gray near
that winter when the footsteps fallen on snow told you
that corruption found souls
you screamed no
and your muffled shout
echoed in the morning sun falling west into darkness