Heather On The Hill

Heather On The Hill

You rose over me like the morning glow

your light and warmth seared me with love

and you cauterized my past

In happy radiance we merged

I burned my initials in the sun

On a hill wrapped in heather we began our lives

Nature married us

and in union with all amongst us

we flourished

But dark was my destiny

and it blanketed your fate

Your crescent youth became full

though your womb never did

and then began to fade

Your flaming hair slowly simmered down to cool gray

and your white flesh crackled into lukewarm embers

The months of your life followed their only course

and I could no more stop it

then halt the cycles of the moon

You waned away from me

till night eclipsed day

and the sky was barren

I put you to earth

and now my Heather blossoms

in the heather on the hill

February 7, 1994

Tressa Lee Breen