The Bleak Hour

The

bleak hour

when uninvited

shadows

gather

over one

to pick up the

fallen hand

that lay

still.

Two worlds

touching—

One ends,

another           is           begun.

Too late if anything left

un-

done.

The

bleak hour:

When

will it be

that the

shadows,

cast off the

divine light,

gather

over

me?

 

 

(From the book Kairos)