Tears slid down stone clenched cheeks
So afraid she was weak

"Wait for me there," he said
'fore apathy came

Hollow fields in her eyes
Snared him frail - paralyzed

"Wait for me there," he said
But he is a coward - callow

Silence

Her feeble hands would abdicate the gods that lied
Narcissistic in his plight
Nothing left but to run and hide

He kissed her hand, she composed herself
He vanished and she was alonе

"Don't wait for me there," shе said
"I'm already dead"