Days into Nights

Shadowed hallowed halls resounding

Wonder revealed, senses dulled, such glory abounding

Words spoken with hushed reverence, expounding

Upon foundations edge, granite quarried, cornerstone laid

Meanings lost among truth spurned, awe conveyed

Days into nights as seasons change

If only the seen would perceive

Leave the ravening horde,

Learning that

open hands receive

Closed and clasped spurn

Revealed teeth, tight lips, deceive

Fluid and evolving, lies burn

Perceptions, with eyes focused, resolving

Paintings of landscapes unseen

Mounted on halls of storied age

What could have been, tainted with regret

Multiplied, manifested, evidence of living

The road not taken

A gift received, yet reciprocation denied in giving

A loss,

We were mistaken

What once we held as sovereign

As deified gods now ash

Charcoal brittle, cracked, collapsed

foundations found other than the rock, withered

Let not regret rule

In the spaces where choice is absent

Where time has robbed

And the grave grows gratuitous within its bounds

Choose wisely while choice remains

Like nights into days

And rest

Like days into nights