Jayne Eggins Poet Blank verse

With a Lessening of the Light

The carnations spoke to me
teaching me of sorrow,
but the message was broken
by the scratching on glass


it was not until 
the rattle moved from the window
and into her chest
that I knew,


whose it was


I lay frozen,
with each breath she took
in each movement of hand
I found a victory


I silently cheered


I knew she would fly 
loose,
but still I listened 
and watched,
feeling like a caged vulture
forced to watch her ebb


the effortless listing of life
passed,
and was ignored
for a time


with the rattle’s silence
I wept


I came home today
bringing the rattle with me
its my battle now


I wont fall,
not in this round

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