[1]
When the sun shone from the dooryard window,
With the whisky veil like cloak sewn away,
We yearned, and yet shall yearn for the ever-glowing light.
Ever-glowing light to expel the darkness in us,
That smothering shimmer of veil to keep us unscathed,
And bring us to sleep, we pray.
[2]
O yonder did we pray,
For wishes to come true like they say,
O ye from the brightest star that it may,
Drowse us to eternal sleep as we lay,
O release us from the claws of nightly dismay,
Render us from tormentation and let us die,
[3]
In the solemn in some secluded place,
Like a swallow or a nightingale at its best,
Solemn the bird,
Like a wanderer lost in the paradise of unknown,
Sings faraway from his past and all that was there,
Song of the sentient life,
Song for a blissful night,
We sing the song all long the day and time,
[4]
All over the garland of roses,
O look how death comes as a delicate blessing,
And when the sun shall gleam again,
We will be free forever to stand out bright,
To feel the warmth and wallow in the light.
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Poets Pub - 2019 Poet of the Year Contest
PuisiHello and Welcome to the Poets Pub's 2019 Poet of the Year contest. This is our annual contest, reserved for those who have qualified to participate. We encourage all to join in, in celebrating these worthy competitors.
