The Years the Town Never Saw
For three years, I watched the seasons turn.
Isolde grew slower.
Branwen grew grayer.
He waited for her each morning.
Followed her steps like a shadow stitched to her heels.
Some summer evenings, music drifted down the ridge.
Not from a radio.
Not from speakers.
A hand-carved wooden flute.
One melody, repeated, shaped like grief.
