All Questions and All Answers

O darkness in whose bosom now I dwell,

I cherish thee as God the flame and light.

I have tasted heaven, seen the face of hell

And glimpsed the One in lonely fields of night.

I seek no longer transitory peace

Or breaking of the chains that hold me fast

Or even that this sorrow soon may cease

And Joy my soul's companion find at last –

I only ask that gratitude may be

Settled in sleep, in waking fill my mind

What else might ask that thou did not foresee

What treasure lost that I shall never find?

All questions and all answers in thee lie

Wherein resides my spirit's destiny.