The Umbra Nihili

Within this vast universe

In which we have grown so unaware

We need to stand beneath love

To regain clarity of the eyes

That menacingly stares.

So we can learn about cosmic loneliness

The true root to our inner seclusion

As everything in human life

Hangs in the silhouette of a void

That has become a key of confusion.

Called the umbra nihili, the umbra nihili

Love will always be the sister of the soul

Whilst the temperate flames of creative love

Continue to precede us further into emptiness

As under nothingness is what makes us whole.

© Daniel North