The Long Night

The Long Night A long night The full moon hangs above Its light is a lifeless gray The birds don't sing The animals hide within their thicket The bathroom sink has a constant drip Winds whisper through dying trees It is such a lonely place No life or love to be found Why does it draw me so? It conjures nightmares and dreams Angels and demons to circle my bed It stifles hopes and wishes There is nothing left in the middle of the night Nothing except an imagination An imagination that creates an alternate life A life on one of the stars hiding behind the moon In this life though in the gray light there is peace There is sleep