....the night, proud, distant,

..............tames the weak spirits

............but tempts the brave into adventure.

...........he lies beside me night-full star-full

.....drowsy with the mystic love that leads to god.

.........be silent, you pray to him, wordlessly

be silent like the dark night

.............that carries beyond

.......................the walls to heaven.

                                            Alda Merini