Resolute

I asked, eyes closed against my will
 If all the trees were standing still
 Along the places in my heart
 Where thistles drank the river's fill

Thus resolute, I grapple Sun
 and stammer flagstones. Only one
 can tear the Gossip Rose apart
 along the valleys time will run

Await for me your sightless speech
 I felt for slates just out of reach
 And follow you, my counterpart
 not into battle, nor to breach