Sleep then!
Let slumber overwhelm in enduring embrace
That immortal repose beckons
Arms spread in soft enfolding
Dreamless dusk beyond sun and twilight
That crepuscular veil enshrouding being
Here, no grief can touch, nor sorrow reach
No woes, nor dolorous thought intrude
Wretch!
Let that seventh light-bereft wave encompass the actuality
Of existence
And subside to leave only memory in its wake
Stars once burnt are seen no more
And so, a man will be mere recollection
In the reflection of antiquity
Fading into that distant dusk
Rest then!
Let that façade of permitted existence
That feigned fair humour
Be discovered as the intolerable
Condition of the soul
That mirrors all misery and woe
Let life’s tide ebb in warm entwinement
And departing spirit
Sleep then!
And wake no more
