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THE RED SONG

Again and again I found her in another;Sealing kiss and caress made me sure of her,—And then the fog left my eyes,And I saw a mocking enticerWho was not what I sought.There was no rest, no peace for me,Until I could clench her shining self to my own.
I climbed into the infinite blackness of the gulf,Seeking her glistening form;The better to pass the imperative wayI stripped my soul of its full freightageOf name and of race, of kindred and faiths;I flung God from me in my passionate desireTo uncumber myself for the insistent way.Ever the path grew steeper and gloomier,Ever she fled before love was done.
I burned with a giant's furyTo storm the impossible ramparts of heaven,To hurl God the Father out of His farthest place,And achieve the beloved—my mother.Ever my love burned more violently,Ever her love beckoned, beyond the bar—But it had been raised by the three of us
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