Plunge of the Dagger - David Thomas Broughton

Such a token is a rather brittle device

To say «I won’t take you of my sight»

I recognise all that I cannot provide

Worthless whimsy if you like

And protectionism is hard to pull off

We are at risk every moment of being taken

It all ends with the plunge of the dagger

There are waves of content that crash ashore

And a simplicity that is blackness

Creeps over all