Darkness fell like my love's feet
Softly o'er the fields of wheat,
O'er the valley, o'er the bridge,
O'er the mountain, o'er the ridge.
And sitting still o'er a blazing fire,
And my heart blazing with desire,
Dark is the fire, I still confide,
Compared to the eyes of my would-be bride
And blazing like my heart, my mind,
For that your kindred could not find
That I had will where had not kind,
So to our love were deaf and blind.
And rove I will to seek my worth
And rove I'll o'er this whole earth
And though beside you I mayn't lie
We'll share an earth and share a sky.
Perhaps, one day, Fate will prove fair
And let me pledge to you my care.
For now, our love benighted be -
Hope, soon, we shall a sunrise see.
Dedicated to and inspired by the work of Jarlath Henderson (check out his album "Hearts Broken, Heads Turned" over here: https://jarlathhenderson.bandcamp.com/album/hearts-broken-heads-turned). However, a shout-out should also go to Stardust to Unicorn (
https://hellopoetry.com/Stardust2Unicorn/) and George (
https://hellopoetry.com/geot3/), who both inspired me to start writing and publishing poetry again. I would like to thank all the Hello Poetry community, though, for continuing to write, and continuing to write such amazing and insightful poems. Mon coeur est à vous, en vérité. Thank you so much!
