Burrow

akin to burgen                         grave

place of  protection for body              
            See BURY)—bur’ row-er
 
alone in a network            of winding  grass-lined chambers 
                        seeds under bedding    
 
a place of mind            wherein a person suffering 
                                                                        can be safe                   

Late Middle English                original derivative of SAVE
                                                            cf. SALVATION
 
ephemeral cave             shadows stripped
                                                           of their voices 
 
                        she is               still setting
a place for someone       not there