Whisper

Gone was the girl,
lost in the wind, they said

All's left but a whisper in her place,
a whisper of her mind unravelled

She lingers there like a word to be spoken,
yet a word no one dares to speak

Her voice carried away by gales that shake the bone,
she whispers her words; so listen

A whisper of pain,
a whisper of waiting,
a whisper of ache,
an exhale of relief.

Her last whisper.