From the Dark Tower Summary

The poem begins with the first-person plural speaker stating they will no longer plant fruit for other people to take. The speaker echo this sentiment in the next lines, saying they will also not wait silently to be cheated, soothe people to sleep, or give into the will of aggressors. In the next stanza, the speaker says that the darkness in the sky is just as beautiful as the stars. The speaker then describes flowers that only bloom in darkness, noting that they will wait and tend their seeds.