The Night Will Soon Be Lost

THE NIGHT WILL SOON BE LOST The night will soon be lost Another night of so many already gone Who knows how many left? I have seen far more nights Than I will ever see again Mostly it’s done I have some nights left But not so many That I should waste it wholly On frivolity I’ll try now To write a poem down So this night Will not have been wholly in vain But who knows Vanity of vanity of vanity Perhaps for all nights and all poems- vanity I am writing this poem down nonetheless It flows as if it knows it has real life within it I don’t know now how long this night will last Or how many nights I have left I have written a poem Will G-d save it as if it were not vanity to vanity? I do not know.