Dark Waters

Water in Darkness, dreams in sleep.

Lay me down in those waters of deep

To settle in its ceaseless flow

Feeling naught but a cooler breath against skin

And the sighs of whispered dreams.

Essence of truth, senses will lie.

Lay me down where the light will die

For in darkness every shadow is lost

And carefully wrought eulogies are but a verisimilitude

Bleeding into an abyss so vast.

Certainty scours so, a world without wonder

Lay me down beneath that midnight creek yonder

Where in darkness no shadows are cast

And forests reach out imploringly to a silent sky

Even as streams make pilgrimage to the sea

Ask no question, the river will answer

Lay me down on stones embraced in darkness forever

Where the hills hold fast over the plains

And the rain seeks to bind all flesh and blood

Question the river, find the answer.