Capturing those final shots
On the eve of an execution

I wonder what words
Her lips do not speak
I wonder, yes, but I do not ask

Because I know
In my shadowed heart

That a look as blue
as her eyes in that light
Is an answer in itself.

Casey Laine comes from a long line of talkative women. She works as Fantasy Editor at Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores and publishes an annual anthology of fiction and poetry for her writing group, Writers Assembled. In her spare time, she chases butterflies with her camera. Find her at Facebook, Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, and Amazon.