I leave it all far behind, for a doorway into the bright,
comforts dreams of an afterlife, relinquish said might,
steel of the cold, blades of the swift, blood and dark sight,
few burning white candles, in a world of eternal night.
Said dreams, said hopes, and a gamble of time short,
said stars beyond reach, distances of loneliness consort,
beyond said pearly gates, promises of rest unending extort,
what a wager, said illusions from what's owned distort.
Dusk calls upon the heart with a breeze, “come, sleep,”
“come, for those with burdens, secrets of pleasure I keep!”
sands of cool within my toes, gazing at a black pit steep,
I grin, with visions of dawn's beams that cut the flesh deep.
