Who Will Light Your Path? - Chris Eckman

Who will light your path

Through the night?

When you travel the marshes

Toward which light

Will your turn your eyes?

When you hang in the void

To whom will you call?

When you have no pillow

Where will you

Lay your head?

Who will light

Your path

Through the night?

Toward what light

Will you turn?

The night is full of sounds

But can you recognize

The right one?

The night is full of lights

But which light

Is the light of your eyes?

And who casts the hook

For night waters

Into your mouth?

Who follows you close

As you walk

Along your way?

Who will light

Your path

Through the night?

Toward what light

Will you turn?

Which teeth white and rabid

From loneliness and hunger

Sink into your flesh?

Who will cut the ties

What a sharp

Invisible knife?

Who will light

Your path

Through the night?

Toward what light

Will you turn?

Who will wait for you

At the crossroads

At midnight?

Toward what light

Will you turn?