I'm sorry I failed to keep you safe,
 to protect you from the Ancients.

Perimeter breaks,
 shrill sudden screams,
 faces white, kabuki,
 powdery pounding, dawn dissolved,
 you aloft and me alone,
 in drizzle.  

I sleep
 in shallow arcs,
 in quiet domes 
with deep regret.

© Carlos Chagall, 2013