Farewell, fair glimmer

Farewell, fair glimmer
From this final hour
Ere we remember

Hath come a time
And stolen our hearts
But none shall shine as thee

Thy mirror of time
So reflected hence
None shall change
By these events

Thy stolen kiss
But hours of momentary bliss
And heart pain and shattered
Throughout ever after

Time and its toils
Bounties and boils
All are borne
In their moments
Through solace and scorn

When shall the night to mourn
Or the day to gray
None can know the hands
That easily slip through the sand
Heart in heart and hand in hand

None so planned
As thy plunder and game
Shall but bear mention
Of thy momentary fame

Each test is a trial
That triumph in time
Through tribulation
Or termination
Shall take

Only to pass
As also to wake
For in time
Shall see
Thy glorious end
And fond fair remember
Those who were lost
And also friend

-Joshua Lee Foist