The Golden Darkness/Defiance

​DEFIANCE.
When black specks dart before my burning eyes,
And I have fear sometime I shall not see
How beauty haunts the earth, I am aware
The primal blindness of rock is claiming me.

When glamoured dreams go out in me like lights
And I have fear that now forevermore
Earth's wonder will be lost, I am aware
The sombre darkness waits outside my door.

And yet, O fears of body and of soul,
You cannot chill me, I would have you know,
Though blindness claims me and though darkness waits,
Oh, they shall hear me sing before I go!

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