Cassiopeia

O song that rang through all my silent heart,

Your sound so sweet and silently alive

With dreams and glimpses of a life I cherished,

One change wrought then in life that changed my soul,

And brought a new and unimagined love.

Your twinkling stood out in a blackened sky

That through long years enwrapped a sighing void,

An inner universe I long abandoned

To dreamless wandering empty of all joy,

That all at once sprang forth with glorious light.

I loved, and oh, I loved, and all I could

Was then that thought, and all your sweetest song,

That sounded as my timid voice came forth

And sang more clearly through that universe,

While all creation stood around amazed.

I loved, and through pervading darkness, still

I loved, and still I sing that song you gave me,

That echoes now through my abandoned soul,

A universe made lonelier than ever

By light that blazed and then gave way to darkness.

28/8/18