I will not be

back soon

I will not respond

to the call

of hope

Waiting for you

to see

I will be gone

a long while

Beyond the

terrain tread

lightly all

the years

Before

I have no want

for a place

Where sacrifice

is required for

self-preservation

I can’t quite wrap

my brain around

it

and my body

won’t let it go

I will not offer myself

to the dreams

held blindly

in the soul of denial

There is no greater

picture here

I will lay down

what I can

with

No case to rest

© 2015 Angela Savitri