And if I promise to end my own self
Do you promise to fill me up again?
Do you promise to keep me warm?

And what this nothing has slain
You’ll replace it with a shining star?
You’ll make me glow like the living do?

And when it ends again, and again
You’ll burn the world anew?
You’ll burn it all for me? to keep me happy?

All this you’ll do, without doubt, posthaste
If I promise to be loyal to you?
If I promise to end my own self?

22.VII.22