Insomnolence

...Darkness and Light...

My darling, I apologise.
No harm was meant.
I fear your rage
And shall retreat to repent.

Entering my chamber
I extinguished the flame,
Resting on my bed
My head fills with your name.

I looked at your photo
And I began to weep,
So to stunt my sorrow
I lay my head down to sleep.

Ah, sleep!
The nocturnal ballet.
A means to drift away,
But my slumber faces delay
From the haunting chatter of the silent night.

I lay awake.

Oh to dance the dance of the entranced
While ghostly vapours haunt my view,
This darkened chamber lined with Demons
And visions of evil twisted askew.

I am still awake.

The Demons they draw closer,
The night it moves on,
The ghostly lantern shines,
As if t'were the sun.

Again, awake.

Yet this light is different,
A sense of mistrust between us,
It refuses to illuminate the evil
And banish the Demons into dust.

I tire, but do not fall.

Then you enter.
Your hair flowing o'er your nightdress
Like a phantom sent to haunt
My soul, which instead is removed of the duress.
You glide across the floor,
Expelling the Demons with
Your presence, which brings light
To me, evermore.

You lay your head next to mine,
The Demons retreat into the dark blue.
And now my mind is ready for respite,
Adieu my friends, adieu.