The Vigil by Katie Finlay-Meredith

You told me once,
'The heart has room for only one Lord'

Yet, in your absence
dark emotions have gathered
their sharp spears try
to pierce into the cave of my heart.

But I have lit a lamp there,
carefully I tend the flame,
in just the way you have shown me.

The darkening clouds become shape-shifters
howling at my door,
Boasting that they are master.
In the past I would have let them in,
for a great grand battle.

But
now,
I think of you,
Add more fuel to the lamp
and watch
Light
release the darkness.

For you have taught me
the only
Real
Hero
is
Love