Silver Bridge

My heart is full today For the recently departed Of sorrow and of sympathy Into that land uncharted The old man turned away from me The stairway he ascended I heard his struggle through the night with Saturn’s hand extended All those nights when you can’t sleep Your heart and mind is racing Are you standing on that bridge Which way are you facing I stared upon his body as My soul was filled with wonder I stayed there frozen in one place I could not be pulled asunder All those nights when you can’t sleep Your heart and mind is racing Are you standing on that bridge Which way are you facing I’d sent him upstairs with a kiss Now he lay in light of silver It seemed to me I saw that bridge That he had taken over Should I make the move to him He wasn’t mine for claiming I witnessed all there was to see And withdrew without the naming When I knew that he had been So much more than sleeping I stayed with him the afternoon In a kind of vigil keeping All those nights when you can’t sleep Your heart and mind is racing Are you standing on that bridge Which way are you facing My heart is full today For the recently departed Of sorrow and of sympathy Into that land uncharted