You Do Not Remember

You do not remember.

But I can still recall,

your body shaking, as you bid me goodbye.

The tide pulled you to the holy land.

You did not keep your call,

you do not remember.

Each day I prayed by the sea,

each night I dreamt of your warmth’s calming lull,

Of your body shaking as you bid me goodbye.

You died, bloody, sword clutched in a pale hand.

Still. I waited. Through each season’s rise and fall.

You do not remember me.

A new steel king began his reign.

You are a stranger to me, after all.

Your body shaking as you bid me goodbye. 

You do not remember,

but I can still recall.

I watched kingdoms erode to sand,

your body shaking, as you bid me goodbye.