The Light
Out There
recently
they built
some kind of substation
out there in
the field
near the
edge of the road
where they
found her body
a couple of
years ago
some kind of
tower
surrounded
with chain-link fence
probably
something for cell phones
if I had to
guess
I drive past
it
every
morning on my way to work
and at night
when I look
out my kitchen window
I see the
light out there
shining
through the dark
it makes me
think of a ghost
the young
woman whose murder remains unsolved
I guess
that’s why
I can’t get
it out of my mind
those kinds
of things
aren’t
supposed to happen around here
someone’s
still out there
I might have
walked right past them
maybe
I even know
their name
Invasive Species -- Dillon Marsh
Ophelia -- John Everett Millais
Ophelia was a character in William Shakespeare's p;ay, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," propably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. Her name was derivd from the Greek word "ophelos" (help). At her funeral, Hamlet's mother mourned,
ReplyDeleteSweets to the sweet, farewell!...
I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid,
And not have strew'd thy grave.
(Earlier, Ophelia had sung to her estranged lover Hamlet,
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love,
remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines. There's rue for you,
and here's some for me. We may call it herb of grace o' Sundays....)