Darkness, Darkness be my pillow,
Take my hand and let me sleep,
In the coolness of your shadow,
In the silence of your deep.

Darkness, Darkness hide my yearning,
For the things that can not be,
Keep my mind from constant turning,
To the things that can not see.

Darkness, Darkness long and lonesome,
With the day that brings my happiness
I have found the edge of sadness,
All I am in depths of fear.

Darkness, Darkness be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away that pain of knowing,
Fill the emptiness with light ,
Take away that thing of yearning,
Fill the emptiness with light .

Darkness, Darkness hide my yearning,
For the things that can not be,
Keep my mind from constant turning,
To the things that cannot see.
Take away that thing of yearning
Keep my mind from constant turning
To the things that cannot see.