But I follow you as remorselessly as darkness,

And shut you in and enclose you, at last, and always,

Till you are lost, as a voice is lost in silence.

Till I am lost, as a voice is lost in silence....

Are you the one who would close so cool about me?

My fire sheds into and through you and beyond you:

How can your fingers hold me? I am elusive.

How can my fingers hold you? You are elusive?

Yes, you are flame; but I surround and love you,

Always extend beyond you, cool, eternal,