Twice a day he smoked his pipe In dusky are along with painted shadows of varnished light Passing over smoldering pages He hungered for perfection in an imperfect world Amongst inky echoes Speaking of gold of Yesterdays Liquid sky’s Borrowed thoughts Melancholy gloom As well as lost dreams Passing over the trials of man With hopes of relinquishing His heart and head The anguish that fills his night and day To dance in the poetic spirit of an immortal euphoria