why do you hide your face from me
stare into deep with no relief
no star to help this fool to see
a ship aground on coral reef

my heart is black as empty sky
why do you hide your face from me
silver cup of poison now dry
I float untethered drifting free

I rest my head but find no sleep
your peace withheld I am undone
why do you hide your face from me
I dread the rising of the sun

I will the clouds depart my eyes
unveil the glow to light my dreams
part darkest curtains please I cry
why do you hide your face from me

A quatern consists of 8-syllable lines and 4 quatrains. The first line of the first stanza is a refrain that is repeated in line 2 of the second stanza, line 3 of the third stanza and line 4 of the fourth stanza. The rhyme scheme:

Abab, cAca, adAd, eaeA where A is the refrain