Barred

Tomorrow speaks lies / Barring us from inner peace / While yesterday haunts

Midnight

Sleep has called hours hence / While nagging tasks yet undone / Push night to new day

Work done in virtue / Pays in rewards eternal / While gold hides the way

Time takes no man's side / She flies on without concern / While we waste God's gift

Darkness fights true light Deep within soul's bound cradle Fear holding the veil

Blossoms bring new hope Fading at time's first cold touch All but inner joy