Come Night These Eves, Villanelle

Come night these eves I count you long ago years breathed in by the cold nostrils of time memories lost in sunset's burning glow. Setting fast though the spectrum colors slow spanning wings death's bright archways soon arise come night these eves I count you long ago. Gates and paths these drifting rings bestow life streams rushing where heart and thought collide memories lost in sunset's burning glow. In this wealth of light penchant and alone my spirit walks and haltingly replies come night these eves I count you long ago. Terrified by the beauty that's unknown I pass a torch extinguishing my mind memories lost in sunset's burning glow. Carried by windless sails that ever blow I retreat from a world that once was mine come night these eves I count you long ago memories lost in sunset's burning glow.