where she is
by T.L. Kelly

that's not her in the shadows.
oh no.
just when you thought that she was
already riding into the light.
don't blink. don't cower.
you'll miss her.
so many wars have been fought
because she cost you so much.

because she's in your light,
that's not her in the mirror.
oh no, that's not ever her.
it's easy to think that, with the reflection
and all, the sense of place.
the timing. look again.
see there? she's already ridden away
from the image
you held of her.
all that bloodshed and carnage,
there she is riding away every time,
pure. raw. naked.

oh yes.
where she is not is
where you'll find her.