Legends

say--
near the edge
in black silence
is where you’ll find truth,

but that is where I found you.

As clouds dissipate
folded neatly within moom beams
shadows showed your true reflection,

the beast

with fangs bared
dripping with vengeance.

The only sound I heard
was the silent thunder of
my own heartbeat.

My only fear—
was that you would not come for me.