For Clancy
Death didn’t look how I imagined he would.
Death didn’t look how I imagined he would.
Nine dragons perched on nine towers, chained.
Silhouetted against the darkening horizon, a hand reaches.
“It is time,” Sun says.
Again? I almost sigh; it’s pointless. I trudge towards the horizon, harpoon in hand.
The reflection shatters into a thousand shards, resplendent, subversive, cutting edges catching light.
Her father sat her in front of a piano as a child, held her in his lap, brought music into her world.
The road is dark now, fogged with doubt and cold.