You, Darkness

You, Darkness

You, darkness, that I come from

I love you more than all the fires

that fence in the world,

for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone

and then no one outside learns of you.

But the darkness pulls in everything-

shapes and fires, animals and myself,

how easily it gathers them!

-powers and people-

and it is possible a great presence is moving near me.

I have faith in nights.

Original language: German

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926 /Germany)