Still Night Is There …

… To bare, our souls, until, we are spent;
Shroud naked myths, from the, virgin kids
Life’s substance, beyond, being’s sacrament
Whilst we lust, for sins, faith’s fear forbids!

… To devour, darkest truths, of the, starkest lies
And measure, infidel love, with insolence
O’er trysts, with, flirting fireflies
Who’ll martyr us, with their, nonchalance!

… To baptize, spent shame, with, vanity’s, new name
And invent, a faith, unfettered from fear
Between, two realms, soul’s, flickering flame
Is an inferno, too hard, to bear!

… To warp end, to, infinite dimension;
Make mortal life, an, immortal affair
And death, a beautiful, phenomenon
Lest the, dawn break, with, day’s new despair
Still Night Is There, Still Night Is There … !

© 2021 Vikas Chandra