A Hero's Welcome

2 years ago

proteeti

@sambhavami

i look at him
tears of joy streaming
down my face
as he walks the aisle of glory
with his mighty steed strutting beside him

plunder weighing
them
down

look his friends have come to greet him but they fall at his feet
shrinking from his outstretched hands

his eyes are empty and he smiles
and winks at me but
his eyes are empty

he sheltered his breath and brought it back
just like he had said he would
but he had not told me
he would sell
his soul for breath

just to come back to me

now it's time
to look at him
peer into his eyes
and decide if i
can laugh
or cry

tears of joy streaming
down my face
i take his hand
and feel his breath upon
the parting of my neatly tied braids

in the shade of his cold embrace
i thank them

they let him come back
even if only in half