You die every day, like this: you choose a life of slow Death: through long nights, you burn away Like the slowly fading lamp Mourning some sombre memory, Does it matter to know, you love me?
The mist dripping from the roof and the slow Wind of the deep nights play to the dirge Of a buried life, buried behind Walls of smoke, unfathomed crypts, Does it matter to know, you love me?
You sit for hours like this, silent like the moon On an unwavering pond on a windless Night, your eyes express so much, But say nothing, like a valley of flowers On a silent summer afternoon: