Epitaph

Tess <isis_tess@yahoo.com> 

When the Gate to Eternity opens, I want to stand there with you.
To let our hair fly in the wind and to hold each other close,
That is what I want.
You have awakened me from my enslaved state.
You have shattered the glass cage of my fate.
I am sorry if you have suffered,
But if you have, it was for a worthy cause.
Now the rain begins to fall.

I see now that the shattered glass is whole again, surrounding you.
My naivety has blinded me to your pain.
You hang there - strung up by the rose vines.
The thorns slowly scrape across your skin,
Your blood mixes with the falling rain.
And you call to me, but I must go, I am free.
You have sacrificed yourself for me.
How noble.