Her Vision

artwork by Jane Echo


In her visions she gathers her gown,
sitting alone on the frozen ground.
Each tear that falls carries a piece of her heart,
and with each breath she falls farther apart.
He took her when she was hungry and poor,
and sat her down here to offer her more.
So it goes that here she must choose
between earth and sky, and all she could lose.
In her visions she gathers her gown,
picks herself up to stand on this ground.
Heaven and earth beg her to choose,
and she desperately clings to what she can't lose.