The Darkness of the Night

 

The darkness of the night is ushered in

a day closes and all is still

From house to house the lights go out

Darkness grows and envelops

it pervades, it encroaches

Stillness, the room of slumber a tomb

No shapes are seen nor sound heard

Like a seeping ink covers the table

Dark and dense it lives within

 

The darkness of the night is ushered in

The mind with games to play

Fears grow and magnify

Anxious thoughts hold sleep back

A projector illuminates the thoughts

Drama and power have their hour

From evil spirits the mind does cower

No refreshment to abate when it is late

Time wears on so long it takes

Never ending the soul does brood

Depressing, worrying fuels unrest

The darkness is at its best

 

The darkness of night is ushered in

Will it end this tunnel of gloom?

The night is full, there is no moon

A dark power is in control

painting black ink upon the soul

Desperation and panic soon ferment

the soul ill at ease finds no content

And even more time is passed

 

The darkness of the night is about to give way

O morning come with light I pray

The night of dread has had its way

Weary and fearful, at my lowest ebb

I lay upon this chariot of hell

Then as a mist I see the glimmer of dawn

this herald of light the night to scorn

What was worst in that bleakest hour 

now rests in a solitary tower

The incipient light brightens the way

to a new and better day

Night is sent packing away

taking with it my fears today

O journey of darkness you took your toll

but you have not destroyed this soul