The Signs In The Stars

I had gathered some flowers
 To lay upon your face
 Though, you were not gone
 From the realm of the quick
 I saw all the rainclouds
 Being driven on forward
 By horses long numbered
 And featureless and free
 And I wanted to call you a wife
 Though, I couldn't stop glancing at the signs
 And the foreheads of men
 And all that they carried
 And the full wombs of women
 And all that they promised
 And I wanted to write for you
 Songs, poems, and bibles
 Your face spotted with pearls
 And handcuffed to Christ
 But I couldn't stop watching the signs
 I had seen the news
 That the Trojan beast
 Already and not yet
 No longer near
 Nor close at hand
 Nor at the door
 Is finally here
 The great in the small
 And I couldn't stop watching the signs in the stars