Regret (Vast)

Regret,

Vast and heavy oppressive;

Lead coffin.

Bury me

With all your records, files

Clothing still remembering

The fire of your skin.

Regret,

My weakness, your pain;

Suffering for my fear,

Mortars and sandstorms

Your bitter tears

Run down my cheeks now.

Regret,

I never should have left,

But let you leave with love,

Patience and understanding -

All of that which I now possess,

Free from the deserts shadow of death.

Regret,

The loss of spirit's twin, lover, love

Dearest friend, confidant and mate.

Yet nothing stacked and weighed

Against the greatest loss ever faced,

The absence of your voice and faith.