World

for Asphodel

It is not where, it is not when
I’ll go, but that I saw your sky,
and that I knew you, now and then.

And that I read your words, to pen
a few, and that they do not lie.
It is not where, it is not when

but that I was. Good women and men,
it was my day, to be nearby,
and that I knew you, now and then.

Good world, I was your citizen,
your friend, your enemy was I.
It is not where, it is not when,

but that I met time’s regimen,
and space gave me her bounds to try,
and that I knew you, now and then.

The darkness is beyond my ken.
And yet it is the reason why
it is not where, it is not when,
and that I knew you, now and then.