David O'Haolin Whalen Poet Free verse

Light Below My Window

There’s a streetlamp outside my bedroom window
A yellow halo suspended in the ebon night
An eerie glow like an alien moon
That seems slightly awry
Somewhat out of tune
In the black velvet of the night
A comforting constant
In the fabric of my young life
A reassuring buoy in the sea
Outside my window
An unguent…a balm
An island of comforting calm
An oasis…safe harbor
From the fear 
And from the strife
It’s a constant that 
Changes constantly
It’s demeanor dependent on
The time and the  season
Given at times to light translucent
Paper thin…perhaps e’en thinner
And changing from bright to dim
At will and without rhyme or reason
At times I wake tossed
In nighttime sea lost
Hair wet with sweat, as is my pillow
My night fears slink away
And my fears are allayed 
By the light outside my window
A kiss lightly laid upon top of my head
Blanket tucked tightly about my shoulders
Once more I’m left alone
With the light outside my windowpane
And I fall to sleep again
Wrap’t  tight within
The glow from without
My  window

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