Versamelde gedigte

[p. 506]

[I sat in the twilight and waited]

I sat in the twilight and waited
For a message that would not come
From a long loved friend ill fated
By death made numb

The green of the night was round me
And the glint of stars o'erhead
And a chain of sympathy bound me
To one long dead

I waited for words a warning
A whisper a vibrant tone
But the dawn of a mid May morning
Found me alone

Alone with the silence round me
Alone with grey o'erhead
No touch on the chain that bound me
With one long dead.

M.P.O. Burgers-versameling