eva's secret remains hidden, leading to dreadful consequences for ruth's daughter
i first met her
in a river still
so long deserted
by any murky stir
i see her face
under waters calm
my mother's eyes
but gone her smile
her lips draw lines
of peace and rest
but when i turn away
her screams confess
the wind buoys me
and she hovers below
much have to be said
before she lets go
of brothers lost
of a brother sealed
of spurious children
that fate concealed
my mother's mirror
she says i am her child
and that she'll keep me
til she claims her blood