your breath dispelling like heat
forgotten, you rise.
---
Heaven opening,
smooth cloud abating behind
your conscience renewed.
---
Heartless sun grinning
like Loki in summer breeze
sees us burning still.
Runes of smoke mirror
here against your face, rough
like your father's tongue.
And know how we wept
to see your ruin in relief
of such pale boy skin.
When your sister spoke
cold sentiment broken slow
against your time.
We were lost again
in your honest betrayal
of what we once were.
In the time of your king
my mother cried as newborn
love was swept away.
---
Jagged is your brow
when you sight the new moon light
and breathe somnolent.
Though soft, clarity
will find you here in silver
relief by this tree.
You are forgotten
in the rich, violent song,
morning come too soon.
--
Sing hallelujah
as your body leaves this mass
too silent and closed.
For this is your night
when tears are epithets to
you, the fallen man.
And seek we, in cold
blue waters, your eternal
soul held beyond love.
---
Your mother sat by
the smooth marble of your tomb
and wept for her son.
---
But here you will return,
to our solemn family
where we are all kings.
Spoiler
Each haiku can be read seperately, however the few haikus collected between dashes can also be read as a continuation. All written with the guiding inspiration of Lumi for someone I dearly love. I hope you enjoy.
