For You, It Seems

To wake from daylight's distant sleep, and
Stretch away the loveless aches and
Pains of brummagem life,
To wash my eyes of slumberous burrs and
Cloudy blurs of toneless tears and
Wonted rote of dawn's seductive trust,
I wished and watched.
And waited.


Waked alive by scent and flavor,
Beauty feeds my eyes to sight and
Love casts light to harbor hope.
Back to the gloaming slink lonely airs
Where life lies misted, in ashen shroud.
For you! my only love, it seems,
I wished and watched.
And waited.