Night Cometh
Night falleth like a dark blanket,
A welcoming friend,
A bringer of endings,
And the messenger of new beginnings.
Night falleth like a dark blanket,
A welcoming friend,
A bringer of endings,
And the messenger of new beginnings.
So here I am, alone at last
Working through my bitter past
Working forward, towards the sun
Now I am my important one
So here I am, striving to learn
How to prevent the scars and burns
From past crazy experience
Trapped within ambivalence.
So here I am, myself at last
Learning from my trying past
Living life as I see fit
This freedom now, to never quit
So here I am, stronger as well
Since I survived my living hell
And so I stand here, proud and tall
When once I felt so trapped and small.
So here I am, truly alive
Myself no longer to deprive
My future now I will live well,
As now I bid my past, farewell!
In this whole life I'm left to fend,
Uncertainty, a fickle friend
Certainty is swallowed whole
Leaving voids within my soul
But nothing truly lasts forever
Threads of time the now may sever
But with time again, returning
Dreams built up to match the yearning
Uncertainty, the in-between;
Future paths as yet unseen;
Learning as we live this life
Moving between health and strife
Stress can only last for so long
Sadness comes and then is gone
Happiness soon overcrowds;
Sun breaking between the clouds
In-betweens are stressful times
No always, never; just sometimes
Shuffling to learn our way
Looking towards a newer day
Here we stand, and here we go
Through the times both high and low
Facing forward, chins held high
Wings outstretched, gliding the sky
Times are changing
This I can feel
The peace I sought
May now be real
This world of mine
Survived the storm
To see the dawn break
In the morn
So out I go into the rain,
The tears of the world that leave puddles on the sidewalks
And life-bringing water in the ground
And promises of new beginnings.