A melodic shroud encircles me

When the day falls empty,

On an orbit that thieves

And melts away time

–

The will to escape

Joins in its swift demise

In the heart of her melody,

In her raven-black beauty   

–

I greet her ghostly chords

And they carry me forward

Across the night’s widening chasm

Crawling serpentine below

–

Healed within her verse

Always circling and rising,   

I am the peaceful passenger

Of her deathless song