Faultless,
You must have been disappointed.
You must have protested
To the soundless stars:
Good begets good.
Light, light.
What of this?
Borne on a litter of promises,
Warm and worn,
You must have objected
The rude betrayal,
The thing within
The yawning dark.
No warning, no precedent.
Wrong, all wrong!
You must have cried,
Cajoled,
Insisted:
A mistake has been made.
Please.
Please.
You must have slumped, finally,
Defeated,
Gathered what was yours,
And returned
To the bruised newness
Of your now life.
A mistake has been made.
And yet
And yet…