I Could See She Slept In Snow

I could see her clearly Her experience began with a dream, A dream in which he came regularly. I stood out against the wall, And neither one could see that I was there. I watched him watching her as he stretched Out a hand towards her. His tongue a tongue of flesh to long to bare Upon her cheek. I could not turn away Outside the moon was full The sky was clear. The tops of tree's bent down To touch each leafy bush all green. The rise and fall Each breath she took as I stood flat Against the wall. Upon her side she turned and then I knew A tree that large had roots that grew and grew Into the ground to far to see. I whispered in her ear and she told me his true name. He whispered back and she layed like death so still The noises that he made nobody heard I left her thus Each time he shook her face was blank and white as if it she slept in snow.