The Night Soon Fell Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

The night soon fell
The stars soon shone
Black draped the chilly air:
And many a day
And many a night I waited
Till time did come
That I no longer waited
And now the cool blue sea
Holds my white bones
By centuries large eroded:
And ah! Ah! How chill I lie
Here now down under
But most of all that worries me
The chill my soul is feeling:
And days are past
And months are past
And centuries are stealing:
And here I will surely lie
In agonizing waiting”.

Thus ceased the Voice.
I stood and feared
Yet did not move:
There was some thing
Which rooted me unmoving:
Was it the voice?
Was it its sound?
Or was it story telling?

I do not know.
I do not know.
Yet I do know
That long remained
I on the plain all gazing
The sun had set
And birds had slept
The night was fast falling:
The sea was still
Without a wave
And night was fast falling.