Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.

Grant them rest eternal, Lord our God, we pray to Thee.

— From Missa pro defunctis

Each night I listened for your call,
when your call stopped
I held my breath, suspended,

I'd grow accustomed to a dialogue with
silence,
then wait for the sounds of night

you, dying,
and I but witness to the end.

— From The Sound of the Birds