The Thief

        Excerpt from the play “Ten Day Dallows”

 

1          The thief of light, clandestine she stealthy walks

2          And the lucent rays, helpless, to her enchain.

3          An aura the light creates, as she eternal stalks

4          So that she alone the shining thief remain.

5          She the light will steal, and for use her beauty,

6          And dost thou know if it be paralleled?

7          No. And being near her will thus undo me,

8          But to so do I am strangely still compelled.

9          Thief, one day will she, the only bright thing be,

10        And to see that resplendent fulgent being,

11        She which of lustrous be, may so thieve from me,

12        And I will all tomorrows go, without seeing.