Last time I saw her
She left for India
To follow a Guru
Never heard from
Her after that
Nor did her parents
Her parents hired
A detective to
Find her but
He never did
It was as if
Mother India
Had swallowed
Her
Began seeing
Her in dreams
Her body soaked
In water
Her parents
Saw her in
Those dreams
Too
Weeks later
Her body
Was found
In the Ganges
The Guru ran
A death cult
And sacrificed
Her to a Hindu
God and dumped
Her corpse in
The depths
Of the Ganges
Police in India
Tried to find
The evil Guru
But before they
Caught up
With him
He walked
Into the ganges
And drowned
Chanting mantras
To his Hindu god
After his death
I saw her in
Dreams again
But in heaven
Maybe hate
Held her back
From going
There until
The Guru
Was dead.
Maybe her soul
Was connected
To the Guru
Until he died
And
She was
released
Bob Boyd