The drop
Atop the chim-chimney, in evening’s early hours
Slow, slowly down rock, round midnight
Absorbed then disbursed by the skin of the roof before dawn
Why, oh why, can gutters steal you by sunrise
The fall
The drop
Atop the chim-chimney, in evening’s early hours
Slow, slowly down rock, round midnight
Absorbed then disbursed by the skin of the roof before dawn
Why, oh why, can gutters steal you by sunrise
The fall
Oh, sorrow!
Your eyes to the ground
Or stolen by sleep
When I did descend
Upon you
From above
I lingered and was gentle
I hoped, that you should see
There’s need
Wrestle with me
Afflict me
Bless me