Death Deferred

Evermore, she carries shards of his heart
Bloodied hands flinching at each new cut
His aches pressed against her fingertips
As he lay resting in the hands of Entropy.

Tissue swelling around her bones
The oceans welling in her eyes
Death belling in her ears
Her silent aggression quelling the call of Hell.

Perhaps she stood within the doorframe
Guarding him with the love of God
Fragments of his torture finding comfort in her arms
His struggling grip on life nipping at her skirt.

Though his thoughts linger towards darkness
He knows God & God knows him
However scarred & broken his body
His spirit remains radiant.

She knows the feeling of his absence
Before Death even whispered his name
So when it comes to knock at his door
She will take one more look at me in the mirror..

And I will answer.