Visitor

Visitor,
On my door
why has your shadow not crossed?
Is it my companionship you do not want?

Is it greed that parts us from sharing?
Is it mine lust for thy company?
That keeps you from my presence

Night after night, room to room
I search for you my friend
It is for the sake of peace
Your name I scream

As I walk to and fro
With my head hung low
And nothing does my eyes see
Your gentle face I cannot find

Oh visitor
Where are you in the night
So many have found your arms
And want not the journey they began

Yet,  it is for your name
Upon my knees the dust I scatter
Tears follow the traveled path
And my voice can no longer sing

Oh my friend if my eyes you find closed
At the door, bother not with a knock
My welcome you have in your ears
Sling thou foul blade, for you my heart yearns