Eye Mask by Denise Levertov

In this dark I rest, 
unready for the light which dawns 
day after day, 
eager to be shared. 
Black silk, shelter me. 
I need 
more of the night before I open 
eyes and heart 
to illumination. I must still 
grow in the dark like a root 
not ready, not ready at all.
~ from Evening Train (New Directions, 1993)