EURYDICE TO ORPHEUS

Why are you taking me

away, away from the darkness

I had just grown accustomed,

towards the light I lost,

and will lose again

if you take me back

from these warrens

of forgetfulness?

I have become

a shadow,

why should I again

be flesh and blood

and sorrow and pain,

fear and terror

guiding me

towards a future

where I shall be

a shadow

defleshed?

My memories

are faint,

fading glow-worms in the night.

Let them fade,

let me stay.

One day

you will be

here,

your flesh

and your blood

gone,

your memories

fading glow-worms in the night.

Then we will meet

again as equals,

then we will share

the cold,

the dark,

the whispers

of what we had

side by side

in eternity

peace.

06.02.2018