Once I felt the scald of Sirius,
the whitest light, exploding in my brain.
My thoughts became radiant, delirious
at so much waiting there to make me sane.
Once I felt the scald of Sirius.
I stared into the arc of that dark sky
where Intellect bides, wanting to be known,
and felt with blinding certainty that I
too was light and would never be alone,
once I felt the scald of Sirius.