In The Mist

By Hermann Hesse

Strange it is, walking through mists!
Lonely are bush and stone:
None to the other exists,
each stands alone.

Many my friends I kept calling
when there was light in me;
Now, that my fogs are falling,
none can I see.

Truly, only the sages
fathom a darkness to fall,
that, as silent as cages,
separates all.

Strange it is, walking through mists!
Life has to solitude grown:
None to the other exists:
each stands alone.

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