I erode and erode the grievous miles
and lines of groans the groans narrow
to race with you the holy cries
and all the grief that shall follow
held in tombs toward paradise
a farewell to pains and noble sorrow
I heap and heap the sense of chills
and waters of valleys the winds foam
to crack with you the rusty hills
and all the rocks that shall form
shaping mountains the sky fills
with reverence height and divine dome
I dry and dry the bitter tears
of seas weary and seas pale
to sing with you the fleeing fears
and all the waves that shall wail
vesseled azurely in ocean sears
every blackness the fates sail
I raise and raise the unborn races
of colors dim and colors best
to unite with you the shapeless faces
and all the men that shall nest
in homes of relief and safe places
built with peace and global rest
I rise and rise the florid feathers
of purple wings and wings white
to sanitize with you the shady weathers
and all the stars that shall light
upon moons we grass the heathers
a meal lustful the planets bite
I end and end my spoken verses
of much told and much unsaid
to die with you the earthy curses
and all the evils that shall wed
within goodness the love nurses
the lost spirits that hate misled
