Daylight, creeps
into this bitterness
that surrounds me.
Shadows
dissolve slowly
up these stone walls.

I listen
for the voice of the starling.
What my ears hear,
my eyes can see again.

Far beyond the jailer
and the dusty cobblestone road
that brought me here,
God answered why, of my existence.

Seventeen moons ago
in the fall of the season,
I lived for the first time in this life
as she ran wild through my veins.

Forgive the pride
that cast me to these shadows.

My true love,
I avenged your death
taking his life quickly;
like the wildfire
without a single whisper.

This love so true
set aside, I wait for you.

Listen,
to the voice of the starling.
Will he sing the song
of atonement today?

Let the executioner
free me from this insurrection
into the peace
only your soul can offer.

Listen for the eternal wind!
The starling will sing for you and I.
I wait only to taste your tears
in the last sunset.