Emily

Older than the metal-fence

struggling to keep

her spirits contained

Heavier than the stone

bearing the epitaph

unashamed

Sent only to spend her brief time

on the verses she never intended

to see day's light

"Called back" long before she'd see

a fan born hundred years on

reeling under her spell

As if she were, now and here,

Not a moment claimed by time

between them