INDIA BARTON In Einen Abgrund

There were no words but silence as he fell. Perhaps he did not fall but rise. For there was no candle but darkness, And in the darkness there were no words but silence.

He thought, as he fell, or rose, that he saw two wings of fire. But there was no fire but ice, And in the ice there was no candle but darkness, And in the darkness there were no words but silence.

He thought he saw an arrow of blood, And a sun blazing blue, Yet there was no blood but his, And in his blood there was no fire but ice, And in the ice there was no candle but darkness, And in the darkness there were no words but silence.

His eyes were closed but open. He saw but did not see. And as he rose, or perhaps fell, There were no words but silence, And in the silence there was no candle but darkness, And in the darkness there was no fire but ice, And in the ice there was no blood but his.