Night Song
“You are nocturnal, so here’s your nocturne.”
What can you see and unsee?
All will turn into smoked glass
Even the winter leaves and winter sun
Even the greying moon
Your silver lining and saber silk
Lightness on water
Fresh out of the old world
A world I loved
But never loved the most
And I see you to sleep
And sing you to wake up
For your road is long
For your world is long gone
And may you need darkness
To resurrect the blindness
I will be by your side with an eyefold
To keep you awake from yourself
To keep you asleep from yourworld
May you bring darkness into lightness
And to return to the end of your days
And to sing from a corner
A corner of the world
To guide you, and keep you, safe from your heart
Your heart wants what the heart wants
But we wish for what the heart wishes not
From Cecilia
Civ VI, season IIII, for Eliza.
