Holy is this night
Of the soft illumine -
Colour lost,
But colour not missed -
It will return.
Gazing around -
Land consumed by shadow,
But the rest
Left with such gentle light -
It warms my soul with its beauty -
A beauty not made by man,
A beauty not attainable by man -
He cannot build this.
Dead night -
So easy to imagine
The absence of all others.
Such peace.
No conflict between souls -
Only a quiet bliss.
Or, at least,
That is what it seems,
And that is how I shall think of it:
Of the soft illumine -
Colour lost,
But colour not missed -
It will return.
© R. A. W. S. Clarke
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