Night’s Comforting Hum

Bashful brook running beside my wilderness retreat
Sharing liquid melodies you hum
For insomniac creatures like me.

Last night…

In my weariness I was of thirst,
Wandered to your side,
Drank of your moon’s reflection,
Saw oceans of cloudless skies,
Felt redemptive forgiveness could be mine.

I listened to your trickling melody for one moment,
Heeded the comfort offered beneath your water’s flow,
Heard the dewdrops of dawn dropping all around me.

I awaited the warmth of the sun,
And sighed my nocturnal sadness away
Once again anticipating your nightly presence.

For when night cloaks our friendship,
You are my company,
The calming of fear,
The disarming of darkness surrounding my bedroll,
Where swirling unsettled flotsam-baggage of my mind,
Like a mocking whirlpool of stubborn mistakes,
Remains unwilling to drown.

This soul wants so to sleep away the pain.

If only...