A burning candle to the night sky Your shadow coalesced with my own Beneath the glow of the distant Moon I lay my faltered head upon the old stone A phantasm of memory Bestill my stricken heart’s lament Follow my aching vessel forth As I trudge along through the waiting arch As the breath of this familiar dusk Reaps my soul from these mortal ties On the other side may we meet again I open my sullen eyes in a waking oblivion In the void beyond I’ve long adored and sought Buried deep in forgotten chasms My deliverance in eternal sleep The grand harmony of silence Of tears I shall no longer weep