In the Heart of a Woman Who Sings After Death

I was buried with a song Still curled inside my throat. The earth was kind It did not ask me to forget. But silence? Silence chews the bones. I sang to no one… And yet the winds remembered me. You took my breath But not the scream! Can you hear me now, When I claw at your dreams? I burn in your prayers, A ghost with a melody: I sing, I scream, And I will never die. There’s blood on my lullabies. A name carved deep in frost. No grave can hold a voice That once was kissed By love. Touch the stone It shivers when you speak my name. I sleep with open eyes. My ribs still hum in moonlight. I remember the fire Even when my mouth Is dust. You took my breath But not the scream! I howl through the storm You pretend not to hear. I rot in your silence, But I still sing: I sing, I bleed, And I will never die. Don’t mourn me. I am the mourning. And the night You can’t forget.