Something Came In the Night
Deep in the night, in the well of my dreams
I'm here all alone, and the silence is long...
I'm engulfed by old songs and memories of
the life never lived, the words never said,
the fears that grow strong,
the things I might dread,
and the stories unread
There's a whirlwind of dust
which blows through my head
Perhaps this is slumber and I wear a new face
Shades of a fire, and the smoke of the night
Have shadowed the things that are real, maybe not
Tomorrow I'll wake, with the first breath of dawn
I'll wipe the slate clean, start all over again
Rewrite all the pages, I never began
Take a road never taken, that waving mirage
as seen through the mist, where always, it's been
I have been a young child, afraid of the dark
There's a fork in the road, I am playing new parts
Something came in the night, something sparked a new flame
Heroic and fearless, ........I will wake with the day
I will find a new trail that will show me the way
I'll not bend like the trees bowing over in wind
I'll not bend like the wheat strands, or the flames of the fire
Standing tall in the light, I will feel a new me
I will feel a new power, to be me, .... just be me!
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For the contest sponsored by Verlena Walker
10/26/14
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