THE FINAL EMBRACE

In the enclosed dungeon
shuddering
I lay breathless
suffocating

endlessly here forever
waiting
not to yield 
wanting


hoping for the hopeless
grace
in my destined final 
embrace

I hear the
voices
on the other
shore

the sorrows I
caused
the tears someone
bore

now it's my
heart
to them reaches
out 

yet they know of
nothing
my heart is myrrh
burning

and oblivious to my
prayer
love weeps at my 
door