My Days and Nights

Through labyrinths of blood and pain I’ve passed,

A passage not dark but filled with uncertain light;

Crazy, heady days of anguished joy I’ve lived

Serenaded by minstrels of contrary thoughts;

Light and shade, shade and light

Mingled in hypnotic days and nights.

Stretches of stark loneliness I’ve crossed

Fighting against sucking sands that blew and tossed;

In resounding Halls of Fame I’ve stood

Filled with hollow triumphs of clapping hands;

Light and shade, shade and light

Mingled in hypnotic days and nights.

In dire distress I’ve cried

Unable to stand, unable to stride;

In desperate hopefulness I’ve smiled

Singing tunes of discordant melody;

Light and shade, shade and light

Mingled in hypnotic days and nights.

To land of blank light I’ll now sojourn

Blindfolded, a walk I’ll take alone;

And into dark brightness I’ll awake

Disembodied, in a fluid state

Beyond light and shade, shade and light

I’ll live again my true days and nights.