DEPARTURE
With faltering tones as morning wakes
the words unheard in outer courts
in secret chambers uttered now
as watery sun disperses night.
The importunate bitter tears
roll slowly down from reddened eyes
and so to summon self-control
as night time wounds are slow to heal.
Where steaming dew disguises land
and diamond studied cobwebs hang
a westward fleeing shadow falls
across the sprawling common land.