Held Captive By Night

Sparked alive in the dark, like an old photo, framed Released from a vault of a million dreams lost A day, drenched with rain, where my eyes couldn't claim to see it as clearly, for it seemed to be crossed by the moon and the stars, where all dreams have been tossed. Held captive by night, are the deepest words cloned where they're not mine to keep, to behold or emboss I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own It came in the night without warning or thunder with a heartbeat, remembered, from a light that is gone By morning, forgotten, which leaves me to wonder why my sleep can't reveal faces missing so long, or erase all the heartache that still hovers on Held captive by night, were the deepest loves grown where I can't take them out, to behold and to ponder I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own I will gather the stars, from the deep blue lagoon With my head on the pillow, my lids squeezing tight I wait past the hour, in the languid cocoon which triggers the conscious, to roll back the night revealing the faces, again to the light With closed eyes, I'll wait, with the stars and the moon Held captive by night, are the longings I've known Where dreams aren't just promises, that vanish too soon I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own Released from a vault of a million dreams lost held captive by night, are all the longings I've known With a heartbeat, remembered, from a light that is gone, I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own ________________________________________________________ 4/16/15 For Contest: "Not Your Average Ballade" Sponsor: Catie Lindsey (Note: I have tweaked the form by following a different rhyme scheme in each stanza, .....and using one line from the first 3 stanzas for the last stanza)