To See The Night

I rest in bed with the sound of the night

Echoing in my room.

I will not sleep for fear of the dark

Will swallow me up whole.

What do the crickets sing?

Can I learn their lullaby?

 

My eyes are closing against my will,

And I can feel my body go.

But an owl ouside my window

Calls me from my dreams.

What is she saying to me?

Why does she sigh?

 

The dark encircles me

I can't relieve the feeling

The open window beckones me

And I follow.

And I watch

As the moon passes by.

 

The night is so beauiful 

And the moment so vast.

Seems all I wanted

Could be at last.

I don't think about the future

I forget about the past,

And all my problems

Away I cast.

Why didn't I see this before?

Why didn't I see?

Perhaps I pushed away the dark

To only see the light.

Or maybe I just threw away others

To just see me.

But to embrace the dark

And fall victom to the stars,

Is just one way to see

All the beauty to be.

 

        ~Ave Pfleegor~