There is nothing more shocking,
and fluttered eyes cannot show
what closed lips cannot conceal.
Left with rocking-chair reflections and Atlas memories,
which cradle her-
which consume her-
immobilized in wrinkled grief,
she has not uttered from cracked lips.
She takes the weight of her secrets
and cocoons her coffin.
There is nothing more shocking,
and fluttered eyes cannot show
what closed lips cannot conceal.
Left with rocking-chair reflections and Atlas memories,
which cradle her-
which consume her-
immobilized in wrinkled grief,
she has not uttered from cracked lips.
She takes the weight of her secrets
and cocoons her coffin.