[ beneath the orb of night's abstracted hold ]

beneath the orb of night's abstracted hold
i mourned and solemnly confessed my heart
for how i still defied the bell that tolled
her life away from mine then bore my art
of everything she's ever meant to me
then sacrificed my wearied breath of life
that in the solitude i knew could be
just as the avenue to heave my strife
though beauty haunted me through every dream
yet at no time would soothe my grieving soul
i tried to fight the way i felt, it seemed
in such a way i'll always feel unwhole
i know my love abidingly will fair
completely in the tears i softly bare