Cast No Dark Shadows

Cast no dark shadows,

Leave me enlightened,

Watch for my darkness and

Hold me when frightened,

Let your love follow me

Along to my fall;

Keep no false secrets but

Tel me them all.

 

Say all you have to say,

Leave nought unsaid,

One morning early you

May find me dead,

I need your everything to

Take in my mind,

Give of your loveliness and

All that you find.

 

Let there be nothing left

Unsaid when you find me,

God, how I love you and

Need you behind me,

Let me take loneliness

Away from your grief;

Cast no dark shadows, and

I’ll be your thief.

 

David Lewis Paget