C.D. WRIGHT'S PASSING

She wrote as a guide
eye lashed with a glimpse
of her final step on stones
from uncharted scenes
through verbal undertones
departing to ride away
as outlaw weights rise
now fall as words leave
gone now from her chest
and atoning poetic heart,
may the last wings flow
out of Arkansas
and you critically depart
covering as the river grieves
of the white singing bird
by last January snow
cause you ,C.D. Wright
to be delivered and at rest.