There is a shadow
Buried in my corners
Hidden in my nooks

Hidden from me
As I’ve hidden from it

Never stopping to wonder
Does it feel?
Does it fear?
Does it wish for my embrace?

Is it me?

The days grow short
The air, cool
And ‘neath the starless skies I marvel
That as all dies
The shadows grow and grow

When it has been a little while
Since last I felt your hand in mine
Heard your heart beat
Saw the deepness of your eyes

I want for it all the more

And when I feel it
Hear it
See it

It is all the sweeter
For that little while

Fair weather
Is fair until
The ground is dry and cracked

Fair play
Is fair until
Another breaks taboo

Fair chances
Are fair until
Your feet are bruised and bloody

All’s fair
Until
It isn’t

I want but to rest
To turn my back on the world
And its trappings
And its failings
And its wantings

And wrap my arms around this thing
So whole
So true
So warm

And so much greater
Than anything behind me

Ash in the air
From a fire burning
Many miles past the horizon

Falls in my vision
Dust of the world

I can smell the ending

But so too can I sense
The new beginning