Divine Knowledge

Deep in the night when shadows unfold

blurring the edges of dreams
I visit the places where mysteries old
as the dawning of time intervene

to guide me through pathways I can't comprehend

labyrinths twisted and long

I stumble through riddles that lead to an end 

where only the wisest belong.

Sleeping and waking are dueling beasts

that keep divine knowledge  at bay

while there in the shadows I hunger to feast

on a truth that keeps slipping away.

I awake with the sun rendered blinded and dumb

as whatever I've seen fades to white

yet I know it remains out of reach of these chains

I can only escape from at night.

There will come a time when I'll see the sublime

with eyes that can pierce heaven's glare.

For now I must wait and my hunger abate

on the dreams that my nightly walks share.