Irrevocable

Irrevocable written by Walter de la Mare

Poems (1906)

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I sometimes wonder what my life doth mean
Now you are gone ; the long, bright days, the nights
Of silence, the vicissitudes, the sights,
The intrusive sounds, the dull, continuous scene —
It only minds me of the might-have-been.
And in itself a taper is that lights
Its own dark solitude: my spirit fights
In vain to pierce the veil and look within.
The fountain of my tears is sealed and dry;
I do not grieve ; my laughter is a jest;
My prayers an arid bitterness; each sigh
The heedless habit of a tired breast.
My heart is dead; and when I come to die.
Only to think of you no more were best.

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