What answer do you have in sorrow's wake But to abandon all beheldest dear? Time ever longer in the coldest night Withdrawn behind my mind's enclosure It is kinder to accept one's nature Than to inflict unto others your poisons It is kinder to be destitute Without a light to carry through the fog If I held up a light, you would see me unravel before your eyes Embittered and distanced, embers barely holding the glow To tremble at thе thought of one more day Distant lanterns glow in thе mist Their warmth all but alien to my skin