Beyond control my heart’s desire
Burns inside as I’m on fire –
And as flames flicker, and vapors vanish, I yearn:
But through this icy world, I fear I’ll fail to burn.
Just another unnamed star
Afloat beyond the darkness far:
Forever, I wait with mortal pain
With hope to in an instant wane
From where the light does not reflect –
Or where, so numbed, the light I can’t detect.
So young am I, it seems,
To perish with a dream
That lies but steps into the morrow,
Where I, alone, shall fall and reap no sorrow