'Step Swiftly Past'

'Step Swiftly Past'

Oh...darkest night

You have come

And found me wanting

For my spirit has fled

And is hiding.

If you take me now

I am but an empty shell

A mere husk of what I was...

Surely you don't want me

When my own spirit

Has deserted me?

Let me lie here

With my memories

of yesteryear

While the sands of time

Sift gently

And bury all my sins...

Kesti

4-18-95©