Send Me Away
Send me away, he said. Send me away
where the hills are out of names.
Send me to that pasture where all the
noble sons of Troy are by their immortal
fathers lain. Send me further, even,
than the dreams of Elysium, he said.
Send me like a feather, like a bird that
was maimed but now restored to flight.
Send me away like a letter in a bottle,
like ligh…