Within the Silent Vast

Another day in the long adventure closed.

We open to the mysteries of night

On whose deep breast we have long reposed

And do not fear, failing the inner sight,

The beings who await us in our sleep.

For always the protection guards and guides

If ever in our hearts the name we keep.

In the forefront of our consciousness abides

The beauty of a still haunting face

Whose smile brought heaven down to marry earth,

Awoke the soul and set the heart apace

To find the meaning of this long rebirth.

Although predestined we must work to find

In the darkness as in the quiet hours

The Self behind the forefront of the mind

That welcomes all when the sentry lowers

For an instant the psychic guard, the eye

That seeing all can pierce the darkest gloom

And send the errant thought reply

To seek admittance elsewhere, here no room

Exists for grey nocturnal reveries

Or replay of desire-moments past

With their train of old iniquities.

Our peace now found within the silent vast.