How late
was it
could you tell

by the time
rhyme came
to occur as though
it might be your shadow
in flight
your echo

O you
who began far
beyond what you
knew

all at once
out of the utter
darkness that no one
could be said to know

showing
yourself where
you would go
as you
appeared there

for the only time
how long can you
go on guiding
yourself through

darkness into
darkness as though
you knew