Hripsime slips away
Passed where Prudence
came out to play
Petals will shroud her,
petals will keep her.
Hripsime slips away
tiny curving mermaids
released on tadpoles, guide her to
disband, under
petals to shroud her
petals to keep her
they sway
on long stems, they sway
for She moves molecules
glides, and slips away.
She will not settle down
She will not die
She has perished, like a princess.
Astonishing fairy creatures
tinier than they
quicker-witted
sweeter-spirited
As they run through the grass
She will stay, and make her bed.
Hripsime slips away
Not true, says she, I had not a care in the world
But the world and she are one
On every petal deposit a care
petals will bear the weight of her
Each heavy drop, a lightened rain.
The stars underpinned do not dim:
They blink:
and just that fast
Hripsime slipped away
EscriturA 