Legacy

If there was to be a life

I wanted two –

One to abandon for the jackals’ feast -

And one -

to flee.

If there was to be a life

I wanted three:

One to leave,

Another to outrun the hunt

And the victors

Who killed that little girl

Before she knew

If she was one -

Or, - two.

And in the third

She hears a voice

As from a mountain

As in a dream

If it grows dark too soon,

I’ll just runs faster -

So the wind and stars

Will catch me up

Into your arms.