This poem introduces not death, but the after effect of what happens when a relationship with God vanishes in the blink of an eye. When the narrator continuously mentions a “he” in the poem, she is referring to God. For example, when the narrator says that “he” questions why I failed, God is asking her why she didn’t fight hard enough for their relationship. Another example is when the narrator says that “moss had reached their lips and covered their names,” she is talking about when the relationship finally crumbled, signaling her “death.” In the poem, when the narrator replies to “him” that she died for “beauty,” he replies that he died for “truth.” God is saying he died for truth because he wanted to know why she didn’t fight for their