I burned my life, that I might find br A passion wholly of the mind, br Thought divorced from eye and bone, br Ecstasy come to breath alone. br I broke my life, to seek relief br From the flawed light of love and grief. br br With mounting beat the utter fire br Charred existence and desire. br It died low, ceased its sudden thresh. br I had found unmysterious flesh -- br Not the mind's avid substance -- still br Passionate beyond the will.